Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso 1881 - 1973 Faune dévoilant une dormeuse (Jupiter et Antiope, d’après Rembrandt). 1936. Etching and aquatint. Signed. Dated “12 juin XXXVI” in the plate. One of 250 copies. On firm Montval laid paper (with “Vollard” watermark, barely visible). 31.7 x 41.7 cm (12.4 x 16.4 in). Sheet: 33,8 x 43,4 cm (13,3 x 17 Sheet 27 from the “Suite Vollard.” Printed by Roger Lacourière, Paris; published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris. • From the “Suite Vollard,” the centerpiece of Picasso’s graphic oeuvre. • Together with the legendary printer Roger Lacourière, Picasso adapted the aquatint technique in which he achieved an unusually detailed, painterly effect. • In this print from his neoclassical period, Picasso portrays himself as a mythological alter ego and a robber of innocence. • The etchings that Picasso created between 1930 and 1937 for the Parisian art dealer Ambroise Vollard are undisputedly among the highlights of 20th-century printmaking. PROVENANCE: Private collection (since 2014, Christie’s, London). Private collection, Southern Germany (inherited from the above). LITERATURE: Brigitte Baer, Picasso peintre-graveur. Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre gravé et des monotypes, vol. III: 1935–1945, Bern 1986, CR no. 609 VI B d (of VI B d) (with ill.). Georges Bloch, Pablo Picasso. Catalogue de l’œuvre gravé et lithographié 1904–1967, Bern 1984, CR no. 230 (with illustration). - - Christie’s, London, Auction 1516, Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints, March 19, 2014, lot 283 (with illustration). Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 14.29 h +/- 20 min.

Stima:40.000€

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