Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
Portrait de jeune fille, d"après Cranach le jeune. II
1958.
Linocut in colors.
Signed and numbered. From an edition of 50 copies. On Arches wove paper (with the watermark). Image: 65 x 53.7 cm (25.5 x 21.1 in). Sheet: 77 x 57 cm (30,3 x 22,4 in).
Printed by Hidalgo Arnéra, Vallauris. Published by Galerie Leiris, Paris. [AR].
• Masterpiece of modern printmaking.
• Homage to Cranach: radical, colorful reinterpretation of a historic Renaissance painting.
• Another copy is in the collection of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart: a gift from Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, who once inspired Picasso with a postcard of the Cranach painting.
• The artist"s most sought-after linocut on the international auction market (source: artnet.com)
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We would like to express our appreciation to Emmanuel Benador for his assistance with this lot.