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PABLO PICASSO Etching Bloch 1423

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PABLO PICASSO Etching Bloch 1423
PABLO PICASSO [Ruiz] <BR>Mlaga 1881- 1973 Mougins (Spanish) <BR><BR>Untitled from Series 156 - 1966 <BR>Original Stamped Signed and Hand Numbered Etching<BR><BR>Title : Untitled from Series 156 <BR><BR>Technique : Original Etching with margins on Rives-Velin paper. <BR><BR>Paper size :45 X 56 cm / 17.8 X 22 inch. <BR><BR>Plate size :22 X 32 cm / 8.6 X 12.6 inch. <BR><BR>Additional Information : This Work is stamped signed with Picasso's signature stamp at the lower right margin.<BR>it is also hand numbered in pencil "35/50" at the lower left margin.<BR>The work is is dated in the plate "22.11.66".<BR>This work was printed on the 22.11.1966 in a limited edition of only 50 impressions that were stamped signed and hand numbered.<BR>There were an additional 15 epreuve d'artist numbered from in roman letters.<BR>This is the first , original and only edition of this wonderful and powerful etching of Picasso!!!<BR>All the edition was stamped signed and was never hand signed.<BR>The works Picasso created in 1970-1972 pays once more homage to the female sex, but with some unexpected accents. It is a tender and voluptuous homage in which a touch of irony mingled with respect and mischievousness is present.<BR>These are the master's last works - series 156.<BR>The work appears in the complete catalogue of prints of Picasso by George Bloch in this exact discription. <BR><BR>Provenance : Sothebys, London, "Old Masters, Modern and Contemporary Prints", 2004. <BR><BR>Litrature: Pablo Picasso: Tome IV, Catalogue de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie 1970 - 1972 (Catalogue of the Printed Graphic Work,1970 - 1972), by Georges Bloch, edition Kornfeld et Klipstein, Berne 1979.<BR>Reference: Bloch 1423, full page illustration in page 232. <BR><BR>Condition : Very Good condition.