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Pablo Picasso
Buste d'homme (Bust of a Man), plate 4 from La Suite des Saltimbanques (Bl. 4, Ba. 5)
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- £60,000 - 80,000‡♠
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Drypoint, on Arches laid paper, with full margins.
1905
I. 12.1 x 9.3 cm (4 3/4 x 3 5/8 in.)
S. 22.4 x 15.1 cm (8 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
S. 22.4 x 15.1 cm (8 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Signed in pencil, one of approximately 12 proofs before the steel-facing of the plate, printing with rich plate tone and burr (the later published editions after steel-facing were 250 on Van Gelder paper and 27 or 29 on Japan paper), printed by Auguste Delâtre, Paris, framed.
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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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