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P.PICASSO H. Sig & Numbered Etching

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P.PICASSO H. Sig & Numbered Etching
PABLO PICASSO
Málaga 1881- 1973 Mougins (Spanish)

Plate L54 from Series 347 - 1968

Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching

Title : Plate L54 from Series 347.

Technique : Original Etching on Vellum paper.

Paper size : 45 x 54 cm / 17.7 x 21.6 inch.

Plate size: 28 x 38,5 cm / 11 x 15.2 inch.

Additional Information : This Original Etching is Hand Signed in pencil by the artist "Picasso" at the lower right margin.
The work is also Numbered in pencil "26/50" at the lower left margin,
as well as Dated "26.4.68. III" in the plate in the upper right hand corner.
The work was printed in a limited edition of only 50 impressions in 1968.
The work was published by Gallerie Louise Leiris, Paris and printed by the Crommelynck brothers in France.

The “347 Series” was, in printmaking, the undertaking which defined late Picasso. This prodigious outpouring of work, dating from March 16th–October 5th, 1968, deals with all of his old themes and fantasies, adding an obsession newly central in the late 60s, the artist as voyeur. It is in this role, rather than that of a protagonist, that the artist figures in these fantastic narrations.
In order to be able to work with full freedom and concentration, Picasso had his printers, the brothers Crommelynck, bring the etching plates and hand press to his farmhouse near Cannes.

Literature: "Pablo Picasso: Tome II, Catalogue de l'Oeuvre Grave et Lithographie 1966 - 1969" (Catalogue of the Printed Graphic Work, 1966 - 1969), by Georges Bloch, edition Kornfeld et Klipstein, Berne 1979.
Reference: Bloch 1534.

Condition : Excellent Condition. Minor handling creases in the margins.