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PABLO PICASSO Hand Signed Linocut Nude

Currency:USD Category:Art Start Price:15,500.00 USD Estimated At:18,000.00 - 22,000.00 USD
PABLO PICASSO Hand Signed Linocut Nude
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PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973
Málaga 1881-1973 Mougins (Spanish)

Title: Nude Woman Seating / Femme Nue Assise, 1962

Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Linocut in colours on Arches paper

Paper Size: 62.3 x 44 cm / 24.5 x 17.3 in

Image Size: 34.5 x 26.5 cm / 13.5 x 10.4 in

Additional Information: This colour linocut is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Picasso" in the lower right margin.
It is also numbered in pencil "31/50" in the lower left margin.
This linocut was created by Picasso in Mougins on the 23rd of April 1962 in three colours: Beige, Brown and Black).
It was printed a limited edition of 50 signed and numbered impressions (there were a further 20 artist proofs) by Arnerea Vallauris in France and published by Galerie Louis Leiris in Paris in 1962.
The Picasso museum in Barcelona holds another signed impression of this work.

Provenance: Obelisk Gallery, Boston, MA, USA (with their label verso)
Christies, London, 10th of December 1997, lot 520, page 173, illustrated.
Private collection, UK

Literature: Bloch, Georges. 2004. Pablo Picasso: Catalogue of the Printed Work 1904-1967 tome I.
Reference: Bloch 1086

Condition: Good Condition. Some foxing and the paper is faded in the margins due to previous frame. Otherwise good condition, colours are bright.