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Pablo Picasso
Eaux-fortes originale pour des textes de Buffon (Histoire naturelle) [Original Etchings for Texts by Buffon (Natural History )] (Bl. 328-358, Ba. 575-605, C. 37)
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- £25,000 - 35,000‡♠
£60,480
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The complete artist's book including 31 etching and aquatints with drypoint, on Japan Imperial paper, with additional deluxe suite of 32 etching and aquatints including La Puce (The Flea) on Chine paper, with full margins, with title page, text in French, and justification, the sheets bound in later brown Morocco-covered bevelled boards with gilt lettering on the spine, and gilt edges, with matching paper-covered slipcase.
1936/42
book 38 x 29 x 4.5 cm (14 7/8 x 11 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
slipcase 39 x 31 x 6 cm (15 3/8 x 12 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
slipcase 39 x 31 x 6 cm (15 3/8 x 12 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Stamp-numbered '14' in black ink on the justification, one of 30 deluxe books including the additional suite, from the total edition of 226, published by Martin Fabiani, Paris.
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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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