Pablo Picasso - Pablo Picasso: Paper and Clay London Thursday, June 6, 2024 | Phillips
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    Georges Bloch 773
    Brigitte Baer 949

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    Pablo Picasso

    Spanish • 1881 - 1973

    One 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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Homme nu avec femme ivre et jeune flûtiste (Naked Man with a Drunk Woman and Young Flautist) (Bl. 773, Ba. 949)

1955
Etching, on Arches laid paper, with full margins.
I. 25.7 x 30.8 cm (10 1/8 x 12 1/8 in.)
S. 37.5 x 47.2 cm (14 3/4 x 18 5/8 in.)

Stamp-signed in black ink and numbered 7/50 in pencil (there were also 15 artist's proofs in Roman numerals), published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, 1980, framed.

Estimate
£2,500 - 3,500 ‡♠

Sold for £4,826

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Pablo Picasso: Paper and Clay

London Auction 6 June 2024