Pablo Picasso,Sculpteur d'un Jeunne Homme a la Coupe

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Le Modele etendu (The Reclining Model)

Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) - Lithographs and Etchings

Title:

Le Modele etendu (The Reclining Model) £8,500.00

Medium:

Original Lithograph in black and ochre, Litho crayon composition transferred to stone, Vallauris 11/12/1954, On wove paper, signed by the artist in pencil, from the edition of 25 with the ochre ground, with full margins

Image Size:

Plate size 222 x 321 mms ; paper size 384 x 499 mm

Reference:

Bloch 749; M.244; Hatje Cantz 636; Rau 585

Condition:

good

Price:

£8,500.00

Title:

Peintre et modele de dos , avec un spectateur £5,350.00

Medium:

Original etching , 18th November 1963, Mouguins,on Rives paper, signed by the artist in pencil

Image Size:

315 x 415 mms (Plate size) ; 455 x 553 mms (Pape

Reference:

Bloch 1132: Ba 1129.B.b.1

Condition:

good

Price:

£5,350.00

Title:

Peintre Rembranesque avec son modele £11,750.00

Medium:

Original etching , 4/8/1968 III , on Rives paper, signed by the artist in pencil

Image Size:

314 x 416 mms (Plate size)

Reference:

Bloch 1502: BB 1518

Condition:

good

Price:

£11,750.00

Title: Sexe a L'ancienne et la moderne

Medium: Original etching , 6/1/1968 II , on Rives paper, signed by the artist in pencil

Image Size: 418 x 497 mms (Plate size)

Reference: Bloch 1615: BB 1631

Condition: good

Price: £10,750.00

Published by: Gallerie Louise Leiris, Paris

Printed by: Crommelynck, Paris, France

Provenance: 1) Galerie Louis Leiris, Paris

2) Eleanor Saidenburg Gallery - thence to previous owner.

Note: This is number 135 from the "347 Series" dating from 1968

The cancelled plate for this piece still exists . The title given by Beir (above in French) is certainly more suggestive then that given by the revised edition of Bloch in "The Picasso Project". This piece was part of the so called "347 Series" of etchings made by Picasso in 1968. The lady to the left is probably a caricature of "La duchess d"Albe by Goya now in the Hispanic Society, New York

Edition: 50- There were also 17 artists proofs.

There were also 400 impressions on verge d'Auvergne, Richard de Bas watermarked paper "La Celestine" published for the book edition of "La Celestine" by Fernando de Rojas, Paris, 1971, Edition Crommelynck.

Title: Prostituee et Reitre

Medium: Original etching, 20th June 1968, Mouguins,on Rives paper, signed by the artist in pencil

Image Size: 208 x 148 mms (Plate size) ; 348 x 283 mms (P

Reference: Bloch 1653 : Ba 1699.B.b.1

Condition: good

Price: £6,750.00

Published by: Gallerie Louise Leiris, Paris

Printed by: Crommelynck, Paris, France

Note: The cancelled plate for this piece still exists

Edition: 32/50

Pablo Picasso

Title: Horserider Jumping Over a nude with standing man (Rapt, avec Celestine, Ruffian, fille , et Seigneur avec son vallet)

Medium: Original aquatint and drypoint, 17/5/1968, signed by the artist in pencil

Image Size: 347 x 294 mms (Plate size) ; 557 x 454 mms (Pa

Reference: Bloch 1578 ; BB 1594

Condition: good

Price: £6,950.00

Provenance: Property of a Massachusetts family Provenance Lys Gallery, New York.

Note: This is number 98 from the "347 Series" dating from 1968

The cancelled plate for this piece still exists .The title given by Beir (above in French) is certainly more suggestive then that given by the revised edition of Bloch in "The Picasso Project". This piece was part of the so called "347 Series" of etchings made by Picasso in 1968. A group of these illustrated the work "La Celestine". This was a dramatised novel in 21 acts, attributed to Fernando de Rojas who published it in Burgos in 1499. This work is considered a pivotal piece of Spanish literature. The plot is a simple one: Calisto is in love with Melebea who spurns him. His butler, Sempronio, suggests he pays an elderly lady called Celestina to act as a go-between and matchmaker. Celestine is a very devious person who does contrive to approach Melebea and create a relationship between the two lovers. Sempronio, however, wants a share of the bribe money and in a quarrel with Celestina, kills her. Calisto falls from a ladder and dies - finally Melebea throws herself from a tower in her fathers house. The grief stricken parent is left alone then to bewail his sadness and misfortune. Our etching depicts one of a series of meeting between Calisto and Melebia with Sempronio looking on. Picasso was fascinated by the story and when commissioned to create a series of etchings for it worked round the clock to complete them. The finished group of "La Celestine" etchings consisted of 66 pieces.

Published by: Gallerie Louise Leiris, Paris

Printed by: Crommelynck, Paris, France

Note: This is number 98 from the "347 Series" dating from 1968

The cancelled plate still exists

Edition: 27/50

There were also 17 artists proofs.

There were also 400 impressions on verge d'Auvergne, Richard de Bas watermarked paper "La Celestine" published for the book edition of "La Celestine" by Fernando de Rojas, Paris, 1971, Edition Crommelynck.

framed

Title: Portraitd d' un Bourgeois Hollandais

Medium: Original etching , 8th October 1968, Mouguins,on Rives paper, signed by the artist in pencil

Image Size: 84 x 60 mms (Plate size) ; 330 x 252 mms

Reference: Bloch 1744 : Ba 1761.B.b.1

Condition: good

Price: £5,250.00

Published by: Gallerie Louise Leiris, Paris

Printed by: Crommelynck, Paris, France

Note: The cancelled plate for this piece still exists .

Edition: 32/50

Sculpteur d'un Jeunne Homme a la Coupe

Medium : Original etching , Paris, 11th April 1933 , on small Montval fillegree paper, l, with Picasso signature watermark and Montgolfier watermark. A proof unsigned, as published.The plate for this was cancelled in 1956 and still exists in the Musee Picas

Image Size:

44.5 x 34 (paper size) ; 267 x 194 cms (plate size)

Reference:

Bloch 179; BB 332 .B.d

Condition:

good

Price:

£4,400.00

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Marie Therese, Sculpteur au travail et sculpture representant un athlete Grec

Mediumeekriginal etching , Paris, 11th April 1933 , on small Montval fillegree paper, l, with Picasso signature watermark and Montgolfier watermark. A proof unsigned, as published.

The plate for this was cancelled in 1956 and still exists in the Musee Picasso, Paris

Edition:260

Reference: Bloch 179; BB 332 .B.d

Note: The publication of the hundred etchings created by Picasso between 1930 and 1937 was one of Ambroise Vollard's most impressive undertakings. Vollard was one of the greatest art dealers and publishers of his time and his championship of some of the most celebrated artists of the day deserves the thanks of later generations. His artists, to name but a few, included Cezanne, Renoir, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Rousseau, Rouault and Picasso. Picasso met Vollard in Paris in 1901 and worked with him over an extended period. When the Vollard Suite etchings were first made they were in fact rarely signed (with the exception of some rare proofs made on vellum in editions of 3). Vollard died tragically in a car accident in 1939 and eventually, after the Second World War, most of the Vollard Suite passed into the hands of the famous Dealer Petiet. Petiet knew that Picasso , would never sign anything until he was paid for it and the artist required a substantial fee for putting his signature on the Vollard Suite etchings. Accordingly Petiet gave his buyers the option of buying them either unsigned or, for 10% more on the cost, signed. Thius meant that Picasso signatures from 1939 until the present day appear on Vollard Suite etchings. Obviously there is a difference in the artists signature as he aged. More worrying is the fact that some of the signatures on authentic Vollard Suite etchings are faked since this does add greatly to the value of such pieces.

Note on fakes: In recent years a large body of fakes of Vollard Suite etchings have been made in Italy and these can fool even some of the more experienced collectors and dealers. The quality of these is very good - even down to the watermark. However it should be noted that all the known fakes from this "School" have Vollard Signatures in the watermark and never Picasso. It should also be noted that the fakes never have the Montgolfier watermark either. Our works come from an impeccable provenance and are of undoubted authenticity.

Published by: Ambroise Vollard

Printed by: Lacouriere in 1939

Size: 44.5 x 34 (paper size) ; 267 x 194 mms (plate size)

Retail Price: £4400-00

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