Pablo Picasso - Evening & Day Editions London Thursday, September 19, 2024 | Phillips
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    Georges Bloch 824
    Brigitte Baer 964

  • 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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...autre chose que de l'enfant beau (Something Other Than the Beautiful Child) (Bl. 824, Ba. 964)

1956-57
Drypoint in colours, on Japan paper, the full sheets loose and folded (as issued), with text by Antonin Artaud, title page and colophon, all contained in the original grey paper-covered boards with printed title on the spine and black slipcase.
I. 14.9 x 12 cm (5 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
S. (unfolded) 16.8 x 27.5 cm (6 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
boards 17 x 15 x 2 cm (6 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 0 3/4 in.)

Signed in pencil and numbered '51' (printed) on the colophon, from the edition of 120 (there were also 20 artist's proofs in Roman numerals), published by Louis Broder, Paris, unframed.

Estimate
£2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠

Sold for £2,540

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Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 19 - 20 September 2024