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Lot 44

Pablo Picasso
(1881-1973)
Homme avec deux Femmes, pl. 222, from Series 347

1 November 2019, 14:00 EDT
New York

Sold for US$3,825 inc. premium

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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Homme avec deux Femmes, pl. 222, from Series 347 (B. 1702), 1968
Mezzotint on Rives BFK, with the artist's ink stamped signature, inscribed under platemark lower left épreuve avant aciérage, a proof before the plate was steel-faced (aside from the edition of 50), with the oval inkstamp of the Marina Picasso Collection on verso, published/printed by Galerie Louise Leiris/Crommelynck, Paris, with full margins, framed.
12 1/2 x 15 3/8in (31.6 x 39cm)
sheet 18 1/8 x 22 1/4in (47.2 x 56.5cm)

Footnotes

In this rare proof before the plate was steel-faced, Picasso's delicate cross-hatched lines outlining the nude on the left are very clearly delineated, as are the hands and feet of the nude on the right. The delicate mezzotint heightens the contrast between light and shadow.

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