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PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973 Málaga 1881- 1973 Mougins (Spanish)
Title: Aubade, with a Woman in an Armchair | L’aubade, avec femme dans un fauteuil, 1959
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Linocut in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 62 x 75 cm. / 24.4 x 29.5 in.
Image size: 53.2 x 64.2 cm. / 20.9 x 25.3 in.
Additional Information: This original linocut in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Picasso” at the lower right margin. It is also hand inscribed in pencil “épreuve d’artiste”, at the lower left margin. This impression is one of 20 artist’s proofs aside from the standard edition of 50. It was printed by Hidalgo Arnéra, Vallauris and published by Galerie L. Leiris, Paris. The paper bears the Arches watermark along the lower margin. The title of this work is as recorded in the catalogue raisonne by Brigitte Baer; it is also known as “Femme dans une Fauteuil et Guitariste” [Woman in an Armchair and Guitarist].
Literature: Bloch, G. (1968). Pablo Picasso: Tome I, Catalogue of the Printed Graphic Work 1904-67, Bern: Editions Kornfeld et Klipstein. Reference: Bloch 917 2. Baer, B. (1992). Picasso: Peintre-Graveur, Tome II, Catalogue Raisonne de l’OEuvre Grave. Bern: Editions Kornfeld. Reference: Baer 1232
Condition: Excellent condition. Remnants of hinging tape, verso.
