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Pablo Picasso
Tête de faune, 1962
Linocut in colors
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45
Pablo Picasso
Tête de faune, 1962
Linocut in colors
Starting bid:
€ 13,500 Estimate:
€ 15,000 - 20,000End: 11-15-26 15:22:00 Berlin
11-15-26 09:22:00 New York
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Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
Tête de faune. 1962.
Linocut in colors from two plates.
Signed. Handwritten inscription “Epreuve d'artiste.” Dated on the printing medium. One of 8 signed copies from a total of approximately 20 artist’s proofs. On Arches wove paper (with the watermark). 75.2 x 62 cm (29.6 x 24.4 in). Sheet: 75,2 x 62 cm (29,6 x 24,4 in).
Printed by Arnéra and published by Galerie Louise Leiris in 1963.
The catalogue raisonné lists a print run of 50 signed and numbered copies but does not specify the exact number of proofs. Of the “approx. 20” proofs mentioned by Baer, 8 were signed for Galerie Leiris and about 8 or 10 were not signed by the artist. [EH].
• In 1962, Pablo Picasso created his most significant large-format linocuts
• With these prints, Picasso explored new approaches to color composition in linocut.
• Tête de faune: An expressive, lyrical-mythological subject with a powerful presence.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Switzerland.
LITERATURE: Bernhard Geiser, Brigitte Baer, Picasso peintre-graveur. Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre gravé et des monotypes*, vol. V: 1959–1965, Bern 1989, CR no. 1291 B b 2 (of B b 2) with color illustration (different copy).
1881 - 1973
Tête de faune. 1962.
Linocut in colors from two plates.
Signed. Handwritten inscription “Epreuve d'artiste.” Dated on the printing medium. One of 8 signed copies from a total of approximately 20 artist’s proofs. On Arches wove paper (with the watermark). 75.2 x 62 cm (29.6 x 24.4 in). Sheet: 75,2 x 62 cm (29,6 x 24,4 in).
Printed by Arnéra and published by Galerie Louise Leiris in 1963.
The catalogue raisonné lists a print run of 50 signed and numbered copies but does not specify the exact number of proofs. Of the “approx. 20” proofs mentioned by Baer, 8 were signed for Galerie Leiris and about 8 or 10 were not signed by the artist. [EH].
• In 1962, Pablo Picasso created his most significant large-format linocuts
• With these prints, Picasso explored new approaches to color composition in linocut.
• Tête de faune: An expressive, lyrical-mythological subject with a powerful presence.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Switzerland.
LITERATURE: Bernhard Geiser, Brigitte Baer, Picasso peintre-graveur. Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre gravé et des monotypes*, vol. V: 1959–1965, Bern 1989, CR no. 1291 B b 2 (of B b 2) with color illustration (different copy).
