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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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44.5 x 34 (paper size) ; 267 x 194 cms (plate size) |
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Bloch 179; BB 332 .B.d |
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£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