Pablo Picasso - Editions & Works on Paper New York Tuesday, October 22, 2024 | Phillips

Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 22 - 24 October 2024

  • Provenance

    Phillips, New York, Editions & Works on Paper, July 23-24, 2020, lot 7

  • Literature

    Georges Bloch 1177
    Brigitte Baer 1177
    Patrick Cramer books 129

  • Artist Biography

    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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Pablo Picasso

Le Picasso de poche (The Pocket Picasso) (Bl. 1177, Ba. 1177, C. bks 129)

1964
The complete set of one etching, folded (as issued), title page, text in French by Don Duhamel bound in a grey booklet, and bound book of reproductions of Picasso's original illustrations, on wove paper, all contained in a wove paper envelope with color lithograph and original plastic slipcase with black screenprinted title and artist's name.
S. 3 3/4 x 5 5/8 in. (9.5 x 14.3 cm)
slipcase 5 5/8 x 4 1/2 x 3/4 in. (14.3 x 11.4 x 1.9 cm)
The etching signed and numbered 'LV/C' in blue ink, the booklet stamp-numbered '179' (one of 50 in Roman numerals for the English edition, there was also an edition of 50 in Roman numerals with the etching for the French edition, the regular edition was 750, there were also some hors commerce), published by Daniel Jacomet, Paris.

Estimate
$2,000 - 4,000 

Sold for $2,540

Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 22 - 24 October 2024