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Pablo Picasso
L'Ètreinte I (The Embrace I)
- Estimate
- £7,000 - 10,000♠
£9,375
Lot Details
Linocut rincé printed in white with China ink, on Arches paper, with full margins.
1963
I. 53.3 x 63.5 cm (21 x 25 in.)
S. 61.9 x 74.6 cm (24 3/8 x 29 3/8 in.)
S. 61.9 x 74.6 cm (24 3/8 x 29 3/8 in.)
Signed and numbered 15/50 in pencil (there were also approximately 20 artist's proofs), published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, framed.
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Executed in the early 1960’s, Picasso’s épreuves rincées or ‘rinsed proofs’ form a group of some of the artist’s most experimental print-making techniques. At first, a linocut composition was printed in a combination of cream and black inks. This was then freely worked over with encre de chine (China ink). When dry, Picasso would ‘wash’ the entire image with water. Where the ink had lain on the printed image, it would run off the page revealing the linocut beneath, but where the ink had sunk into the paper, it would remain, and become part of the final result, enhancing contrast throughout.
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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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