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Pablo Picasso
La tauromaquia (Bullfighting): two prints (Bl. 953; 968, Ba. 973; 988, see C. Bks. 100)
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- £1,500 - 2,000‡♠
£1,806
Lot Details
Two aquatints, on Guarro paper with Bull's Head watermark designed by the artist, with full margins.
1957
both I. 19.9 x 29.6 cm (7 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.)
both S. 34.7 x 49.8 cm (13 5/8 x 19 5/8 in.)
both S. 34.7 x 49.8 cm (13 5/8 x 19 5/8 in.)
Both from the unsigned edition of 263 (there was also a signed edition of 12 on Japon nacré paper), published by Ediciones de la Cometa, Barcelona, 1959, printed in France, both unframed.
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Including Paseo de Cuadrillas (Parade of the Teams) (Bl. 953, Ba. 973); and La Cogida (The Bullfighting Toss) (Bl. 968, Ba. 988).
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Pablo Picasso
Spanish | B. 1881 D. 1973One of the most dominant and influential artists of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso was a master of endless reinvention. While significantly contributing to the movements of Surrealism, Neoclassicism and Expressionism, he is best known for pioneering the groundbreaking movement of Cubism alongside fellow artist Georges Braque in the 1910s. In his practice, he drew on African and Iberian visual culture as well as the developments in the fast-changing world around him.Throughout his long and prolific career, the Spanish-born artist consistently pushed the boundaries of art to new extremes. Picasso's oeuvre is famously characterized by a radical diversity of styles, ranging from his early forays in Cubism to his Classical Period and his later more gestural expressionist work, and a diverse array of media including printmaking, drawing, ceramics and sculpture as well as theater sets and costumes designs.
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