Pablo Picasso - Evening & Day Editions London Thursday, September 12, 2019 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Marina Picasso inkstamp (Lugt 3698)

  • Literature

    Georges Bloch 76
    Brigitte Baer 117

  • 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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71

Les Trois amies (The Three Friends)

1927
Etching, on Japanese laid paper, with full margins.
I. 41.8 x 29.9 cm (16 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.)
S. 56.6 x 37.6 cm (22 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.)

Stamped with the artist's signature and inscribed 'épreuve d'essai avant aciérage' in pencil (one of 8 recorded proofs before steel-facing aside from the numbered edition of 150) printed by Louis Fort, published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, framed.

Estimate
£3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠

Sold for £10,625

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Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 12 September 2019