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Pablo Picasso
Vingt poèmes de Góngora (Twenty Poems by Góngora) (Bl. 476-516, Ba. 738-780, C. Bks. 51)
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£28,380
Lot Details
The complete set of 41 etching and aquatints, on Marais paper watermarked Gongora, the full sheets, with text by Luis de Góngora y Argote, title page and colophon, all bound in brown and gold leather boards with gold printed artist's name and title on the spine.
1948
all S. approx. 38 x 28 cm (14 7/8 x 11 in.)
book 39.7 x 30.5 x 5.5 cm (15 5/8 x 12 x 2 1/8 in.)
book 39.7 x 30.5 x 5.5 cm (15 5/8 x 12 x 2 1/8 in.)
Numbered '82' (printed) on the colophon, from the edition of 250 (there were also 25 hors commerce sets in Roman numerals), published by Les Grands Peintres Modernes et le Livre, Paris, printed in France.
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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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