Richard Hamilton - Evening & Day Editions London Wednesday, June 7, 2023 | Phillips

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  • “I saw Velásquez’ Las Meniñas at the Prado for the first time in 1972 – its reputation as being among the greatest paintings that exist is well founded. The temptation to paraphrase Velásquez in Picasso’s styles proved irresistible ... Las Meniñas provided an opportunity to run the gamut of Picasso’s ‘periods’ in one plate – from ‘Rose’ through ‘Analytical Cubism’ to ‘Primitive’ to ‘Neo-Classical’ and so on. The stage of Velásquez’ Meniñas could carry a lot of action, and the mysterious ambiguities (it seems to contain an infinity of cross reflections with the space the picture confronts), allowed some narrative interplay with substitutions of personalities as well as styles.”
    —Richard Hamilton

    • Provenance

      Alan Cristea Gallery, London
      Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, circa 2000

    • Literature

      Etienne Lullin 91

Property from a Distinguished Private Collection

10

Picasso’s Meninas, from Hommage à Picasso (L. 91)

1973
Hard-ground, soft-ground, and stipple etching, with roulette, open-bite and lift-ground aquatint, drypoint and burnishing, on BFK Rives paper, with full margins.
I. 57.3 x 49.3 cm (22 1/2 x 19 3/8 in.)
S. 75.7 x 56.8 cm (29 3/4 x 22 3/8 in.)

Signed, titled and numbered XIII/XXX in pencil (one of 30 impressions in Roman numerals, the edition was 90 in Arabic numerals and 15 artist's proofs), co-published by Propyläen Verlag, Berlin and Pantheon Presse, Rome, framed.

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Estimate
£10,000 - 15,000 

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Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 7 - 8 June 2023