Etching and aquatint. Signed. From an edition of 250 copes. On laid paper (with the watermark "Vollard"). 31.5 x 41.5 cm. Sheet: 34 x 44,5 cm.
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- From the “Suite Vollard”, the heart of Picasso's graphic work. - In collaboration with the legendary printer Roger Lacourière, Picasso refined the aquatint technique and created an unusually rich, pictorial effect. - In this print from his neoclassical period, Picasso reflects himself as a mythological alter ego and robber of innocence. - The etchings that Picasso created for the Parisian art dealer Ambroise Vollard between 1930 and 1937 are undisputedly among the highlights of 20th-century graphic art. - The “Suite Vollard” is exhibited regularly around the world, most recently at the Pola Museum of Art in Japan (until May 2025).
LITERATURE: Bernhard Geiser, Brigitte Baer, Picasso painter and engraver. Catalogue raisonné of engraved works and monotypes, Vol. III: 1935-1945, Bern 1986, catalogue raisonné number 609 VI B d (of B d) (illustrated) Georges Bloch, Pablo Picasso. Catalogue de l'œuvre gravé et lithographié 1904-1967, Bern 1984, catalogue raisonné number 230 (illustrated) - - Hans Bolliger, Pablo Picasso. Das graphische Werk, Stuttgart 1955, p. 93 (illustrated) (probably a different copy).
Alexej von Jawlensky 
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