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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2018 | L"Étreinte II (Bloch 1151) | Forum Auctions | London | ||||
Prints & Multiples
62.2 x 75.2 cm (24.49 x 29.61 in)
Linocut rincée, on Arches paper, with full margins
signed and numbered from the edition of 50 in pencil
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
L"Étreinte II (Bloch 1151)
Linocut rincée, 1963, signed and numbered from the edition of 50 in pencil, on Arches paper, published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, with full margins, sheet 622 x 752mm (24 1/2 x 29 5/8in) (unframed)
Linocuts formed an important aspect of Picasso"s late printmaking oeuvre, produced with the master printer Hidalgo Arnera, they form some of the most colourful and expressive of the artist"s graphic works. The Rincée linocuts however are a departure from the standard process of printing, unlike the majority of his linocuts which were printed in bold, bright colours rincée linocuts are printed in stark white. However, the simplicity of inking is intentional, linocut ink is a thick oily substance and repels water, Picasso discovered that if he printed in white ink and then over worked the printed area in a black water-based ink he could create an almost negative image. The process was simple, Picasso took the printed sheets and rinsed them in the shower, hence the term rincée, washing the black ink from the oil-based white ink leaving only the merest traces of the black in the unprinted areas. The Rincée linocuts are some of the artist"s most playful and technically unusual works, in general they were one offs produced as experimental artist"s proofs, the present lot is one of the very few Rincée linocuts that was produced in an edition.
