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PABLO PICASSO Etching Bloch2005

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PABLO PICASSO Etching Bloch2005
<b>Picasso</b>
PABLO PICASSO [Ruiz]
Málaga 1881- 1973 Mougins (Spanish)
Untitled from Series 156 - 1970
Original Stamped Signed and Hand Numbered Etching
Title : Untitled from Series 156
Technique : Original Etching with margins on Rives-Velin paper.
Paper size :45.5 X 56.6 cm / 17.9 X 22.2 inch.
Plate size :32 X 42 cm / 12.6 X 16.5 inch.
Additional Information : This Work is stamped signed with Picasso's signature stamp at the lower right margin.
it is also hand numbered in pencil 11/50 at the lower left margin.
This work was printed in 1971 in a limited edition of only 50 impressions that were stamped signed and hand numbered.
There were an additional 15 eprouve d'artist numbered from in roman letters.
This is the first , original and only edition of this wonderful and powerful etching of Picasso!!!
All the edition was stamped signed and was never hand signed.
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.
These are the master's last works - series 156.
The work appears in the complete catalogue of prints of Picasso by George Bloch in this exact discription.
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.
Reference: Bloch 2005, full page illustration in page 183.
Condition : Very good condition.
4 small area in the back of the paper where the paper was slightly peeled as a result of removal of glue paper. (only in the back side of the paper and not close to the image).