Pablo Picasso 1881-1973
Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881 and was to become the most famous, versatile, prolific and influential artist of the 20th Century. The son of a painting and drawing master, he was remarkably precocious, mastering academic draughtsmanship when still a child. By the 1920s Picasso had established himself as a world famous painter and his reputation and status continued to grow.
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It is our good fortune that Picasso had such a great love of printmaking. By the time he died in 1973 he had produced a substantial body of original etchings, lithographs and linocuts, which rank with the greatest prints of the 20th Century. While the ownership of an original painting is, for the majority of us, out of the question, his original prints made in small editions remain relatively accessible.
Ground Aquatint, Etching and Drypoint, 1942
Suite: Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle
Unsigned
Paper size: 21 × 31cm
£1950 Framed
This is from the rare de tête edition of 36 copies only, printed on chine with additional remarques by Picasso. Published by Martin Fabiani in Paris in 1942 and printed by Roger Lacourière.
Ground Aquatint, Etching and Drypoint, 1942
Unsigned
Paper size: 22.5 × 27.5cm
£2750 Framed
This is from the rare de tête edition of 36 copies only
Published by Martin Fabiani in Paris in 1942 and printed by Roger Lacourière. Picasso's Buffon is one of the greatest bestiaries of the twentieth century. Eager to test out the new technique of sugar-lift aquatint Picasso threw himself into the project completing an etching a day. The spontaneity of the plates is attested by the freehand margins, the rapidly drawn line and the use of fingerprints for textural variety.
Collotype, 1955-56
Suite: Vingt Poèmes Luis de Góngora y Argote
Unsigned
Edition of 1500
Paper size: 42 × 26.5cm
£SOLD
Collotype after one of Picasso's sketchbook drawings executed between November 1st 1955 and January 14th 1956.Printed by Imprimerie Duval, Paris.Published by Editions Cercle d'Art.
Edition of 1500, split between German, Italian and English editions, with this coming from the German edition of 500.
Etching, 1948
Suite: Vingt Poèmes Luis de Góngora y Argote
Unsigned
Edition of 235
Paper size: 20.5 × 31.5cm
£SOLD
From the rare edition of 235 sets only, printed on Marais.
Linocut, 1962
Suite: Linogravures
Unsigned
Paper size: 32.5 × 27cm
£1150 Framed
Between 1958 and 1961 Picasso made many linocuts, a process that he found hugely stimulating.First issued in signed editions of 50 by Galerie Louise Leiris, many of which now sell at between £8,000 and £80,000 each. Picasso invented the ‘reduction’ method, progressively cutting the same linoblock for each new colour, making it impossible to take any further prints from the original block.In 1962, in collaboration with Picasso and Galerie Louise Leiris, new linoleum plates were made at 42% of the original size, and it was from these that the prints on offer here were made.
Linocut, 1962
Suite: Linogravures
Unsigned
Paper size: 32.5 × 27cm
£950 Framed
Between 1958 and 1961 Picasso made many linocuts, a process that he found hugely stimulating.First issued in signed editions of 50 by Galerie Louise Leiris, many of which now sell at between £8,000 and £80,000 each. Picasso invented the ‘reduction’ method, progressively cutting the same linoblock for each new colour, making it impossible to take any further prints from the original block.In 1962, in collaboration with Picasso and Galerie Louise Leiris, new linoleum plates were made at 42% of the original size, and it was from these that the prints on offer here were made.
Linocut, 1962
Suite: Linogravures
Unsigned
Paper size: 22 × 27cm
£695 Framed
Between 1958 and 1961 Picasso made many linocuts, a process that he found hugely stimulating. First issued in signed editions of 50 by Galerie Louise Leiris, many of which now sell at between £8,000 and £80,000 each. Picasso invented the ‘reduction’ method, progressively cutting the same linoblock for each new colour, making it impossible to take any further prints from the original block. In 1962, in collaboration with Picasso and Galerie Louise Leiris, new linoleum plates were made at 42% of the original size, and it was from these that the prints on offer here were made.
Linocut, 1962
Suite: Linogravures
Unsigned
Paper size: 22 × 27cm
£SOLD
Between 1958 and 1961 Picasso made many linocuts, a process that he found hugely stimulating. First issued in signed editions of 50 by Galerie Louise Leiris, many of which now sell at between £8,000 and £80,000 each. Picasso invented the ‘reduction’ method, progressively cutting the same linoblock for each new colour, making it impossible to take any further prints from the original block. In 1962, in collaboration with Picasso and Galerie Louise Leiris, new linoleum plates were made at 42% of the original size, and it was from these that the prints on offer here were made.
Lithograph, 1954
Suite: La Comedie Humaine
Unsigned
Paper size: 32 × 24cm
£SOLD
Printed by the renowned Mourlot Frères
Original Lithograph, 1956
Exhibition Poster
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 138 × 95cm
£SOLD
Scarce signed in the plate large lithographic poster depicting Picasso's famous oil painting 'Guernica' at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.Printed by Smeets Werk.Laid down on linen for museum conservation.
Lithograph, 1962
Original Exhibition Poster
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 48 × 65cm
£2250 Framed
Original lithographic poster printed by Mourlot, Paris for the 1962 exhibition at the Galerie Alex Maguy d'Elysee. The poster was entirely designed by Picasso.