Linocut in colors. Signed and with a personal dedication to Hidalgo Arnéra. Trial proof aside from the edition of 50 copies. On Arches wove paper (with the watermark). 53 x 64 cm. Sheet: 62,4 x 72,4 cm.
Printed by Hidalgo Arnéra. Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris. [KA]. More works from the Max Niedermayer Collection, Limes-Verlag Wiesbaden, will be offered in the Evening Sale on June 6 and in the Day Sale on June 7, as well as in other auctions throughout the year.
- Personally dedicated by Picasso to his printer Arnéra. - In his unmistakable style, Picasso masterfully reinterprets Manet's “Déjeuner sur l'herbe.” - In Picasso's graphic oeuvre, the colorful linocuts occupy a prominent place thanks to their technical diversity and expressive power.
LITERATURE: Bernhard Geiser, Brigitte Baer, Picasso painter and engraver. Catalogue raisonné of engraved works and monotypes, vol. V: 1959-1965, Bern 1989, catalogue number 1329 IV A (of IV B b) (illustrated) Georges Bloch, Pablo Picasso. Catalogue de l'œuvre gravé et lithographié 1904-1967, Bern 1984, cat. no. 1097 (illustrated).
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