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Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) Picasso - etching from The Saltimbanques Suite "La Danse" Title: La Danse The Dance Medium: Original Etching, Paris, about March 1905, on velin Van Gelder paper. This series was not signed or numbered. Edition: 250 Reference: Bloch 15 ; Baer 18.b Note 3: The series of etchings, known as the Saltimbanques, consisted of a group of works all relating to the same theme. Picasso was a very young man when he completed these works but they are considered to be amongst the very best he ever made. The name of the series comes from the Italian words saltare, meaning "to leap," and banco, "bench," which refers to the stage on which the acrobats usually performed. Saltimbanques were the lowest order of acrobats; Picasso pictured them as vagabonds with simple props in an empty, desertlike landscape. He was familiar with earlier representations of clowns and harlequins from eighteenth-century art, which frequently included figures from the commedia dell'arte, a popular theatrical form featuring stock characters and their antics. These characters played significant roles in the paintings of such artists as Tiepolo, the Le Nain, and Watteau. Picasso was particularly drawn to the circus people, many of whom were his Spanish countrymen. Their agility and pursuit of the art of illusion delighted him, and their gypsy like lives touched the artist, who himself searched for new horizons. Picasso identified most closely with the clowns, those performers who masked their true selves with costumes and makeup. In fact, Picasso portrayed himself as the harlequin in a diamond-patterned costume in "The Family of Saltimbanques.". The most famous and memorable of the series was, without doubt "Le repas frugal" which is counted amongst Picasso's earliest print masterpieces. When he made this wonderful series of etchings Picasso was a young man in his early 20's. This was the time of his famous "Blue Period". In my view these are amongst the finest of his works. Since they are not signed and were made in large editions they do not fetch high prices but they are beautiful early examples of his works.   Printed by: Louis Fort, Paris, France Image Size: Size: 185 x 232 mms (Image size) Reference: Published by: Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1913 Condition: good Price: £5950.00 Freephone 0800 0431325    Art Gallery

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