Picador, Femme et Cheval (épreuve rincée). 1959 -1964.
Linocut . Negative print from the drawing plate in opaque white, heightened with India ink and spray-washed.
Bloch 913. Baer 1238 C. Signed, dated and dedicated "pour mon ami Bloch le 4.6.69" in center at bottom. One of presumably 5 Épreuves rincées. On wove paper by Arches (with watermark). 64 x 53 cm (25.1 x 20.8 in). Sheet: 75 x 62 cm ( 29,5 x 24,4 in).
- From the collection of Georges Bloch, author of the catalog raisonné of Pablo Picasso's graphic works.
- One of presumably 5 Épreuves rincées.
- The special printing technique makes this work a unique object.
- Rare.
PROVENANCE: Georges Bloch, Zürich.
Galerie Michael Neumann, Düsseldorf.
Private collection (acquired from aforemtnioned in 1988).
LITERATURE: Georges Bloch, Pablo Picasso, Catalogue de luvre gravé et lithographié, vol. 4, Bern 1979, pp. 6-7.