Picassomania / Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Le Coq, from Histoire Naturelle (Eaux-fortes originales pour des textes de buffon), 1936 (This work is one of eight early proofs before steel-facing and before the book edition of 226 was printed by Lacouriére, Paris)
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Pablo Picasso
(1881-1973)
Le Coq, from Histoire Naturelle (Eaux-fortes originales pour des textes de buffon), 1936
18 May 2022, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£5,000 - £7,000
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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Le Coq, from Histoire Naturelle (Eaux-fortes originales pour des textes de buffon), 1936
signed in red pencil
etching with sugarlift aquatint and drypoint, on Montval wove paper with Montgolfier watermark
44.1 x 33cm (17 3/8 x 13in).
This work is one of eight early proofs before steel-facing and before the book edition of 226 was printed by Lacouriére, Paris
signed in red pencil
etching with sugarlift aquatint and drypoint, on Montval wove paper with Montgolfier watermark
44.1 x 33cm (17 3/8 x 13in).
This work is one of eight early proofs before steel-facing and before the book edition of 226 was printed by Lacouriére, Paris
Footnotes
Literature
Georges Bloch, Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié, Volume I, 1904-1967, Berne, 1968 (Bl.344).
Geiser & Baer, Picasso Peintre-graveur, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé, Volume III, 1935-1945, Berne, 1986 (B.591.II.A)
Patrick Cramer, Pablo Picasso: The Illustrated Books Catalogue Raisonné, Geneva, 1983 (CR.37)