Pablo Picasso - Evening & Day Editions London Wednesday, January 18, 2023 | Phillips
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    Georges Bloch 742
    Fernand Mourlot 241
    see Brigitte Baer 905

  • 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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Tête sur fond noir (Head on a Black Background) (Bl. 742, M. 241)

1953
Lithograph, on Arches paper, with full margins.
I. 69.6 x 54.5 cm (27 3/8 x 21 1/2 in.)
S. 75.8 x 56.7 cm (29 7/8 x 22 3/8 in.)

Signed in red pencil and numbered 44/50 in pencil (there were also 5 artist's proofs), framed.

Estimate
£10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠

Sold for £22,680

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Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 18 - 19 January 2023