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| Artist: | Picasso, Pablo (1881 - 1973) |
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| Title: | La Corrida (The Bullfight), 1956 |
| Medium: | Original Color Aquatint on Arches wove paper |
| Image Size: | 25 3/4 in x 19 in (65.41 cm x 48.26 cm) |
| Sheet Size: | 30 in x 22 1/2 in (76.2 cm x 57.15 cm) |
| Framed Size: | 43 in x 37 in (109.22 cm x 94 cm) |
| Signed: | This work is hand signed by Pablo Picasso (Malaga, 1881 - Mougins, 1973) in pencil in the lower left margin. |
| Edition: | Numbered 12/200 in pencil in the lower right margin with the printer's embossed blindstamp in the lower left: 'Atelier Crommelynck Paris.' Also includes the printer's engraved name in black in the lower left of the image: 'Aldo Crommelynck Grav.' Published by Atelier Lacourière, Paris. |
| Condition: | This work is in great condition with bright, bold colors and a defined plate mark with wide margins on all sides and deckle edges along the top and bottom sheet edge |
| Gallery Price: Item# 3565 | Sorry, this item is sold. Please visit the rest of our Picasso fine art collection |
| Historical Description: | |
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| Created in 1956, Corrida is an original color aquatint by Pablo Picasso (Malaga,
1881 - Mougins, 1973) based on an original oil on canvas of the same title.
Hand-signed in pencil in the lower left, this piece is also numbered 12/200
in pencil in the lower right margin. Printed by Aldo Crommelynck on Arches wove paper, the print
features the embossed blindstamp in the lower left margin; it reads: 'Atelier
Crommelynck Paris' and further engraved in the plate in black ink in the lower
left: 'Aldo Crommelynck Grav.' Published by Atelier Lacourière, Paris.
Richard Solomon states of printmaker Aldo Crommelynck, "He [Crommelynck] formed an especially close working relationship with Picasso. In 1963, Picasso decided he need a printer close by his house, Notre-Dame-de-Vie in Mougins. Picasso would create etchings on copper plates supplied by Crommelynck in the morning and Crommelynck would return with proofs in the afternoon. When the proofing was complete, the plates went to Crommelynck's studio in Paris to be editions. Crommelynck printed for Picasso for over twenty years and collaborated on most of his intaglio projects including the series "60", and "156", and culminating in 1968 with Picasso's Suite 347."
1. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work. ABOUT THE FRAMING: Museum grade conservation framed in a complementary moulding with silk mats and optical grade Plexiglas. | |
| Style: | 20th Century Modern Art, Modern Artist, Cubism, Cubist |
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Biography of Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
"Yet Cubism and Modern art weren't either scientific or intellectual; they were visual and came from the eye and mind of one of the greatest geniuses in art history. Pablo Picasso, born in Spain, was a child prodigy who was recognized as such by his art-teacher father, who ably led him along. The small Museo de Picasso in Barcelona is devoted primarily to his early works, which include strikingly realistic renderings of casts of ancient sculpture.
"He was a rebel from the start and, as a teenager, began to frequent the Barcelona cafes where intellectuals gathered. He soon went to Paris, the capital of art, and soaked up the works of Manet, Gustave Courbet, and Toulouse-Lautrec, whose sketchy style impressed him greatly. Then it was back to Spain, a return to France, and again back to Spain - all in the years 1899 to 1904.
"Before he struck upon Cubism, Picasso went through a prodigious number of styles - realism, caricature, the Blue Period, and the Rose Period. The Blue Period dates from 1901 to 1904 and is characterized by a predominantly blue palette and subjects focusing on outcasts, beggars, and prostitutes. This was when he also produced his first sculptures. The most poignant work of the style is in Cleveland's Museum of Art, La Vie (1903), which was created in memory of a great childhood friend, the Spanish poet Casagemas, who had committed suicide. The painting started as a self-portrait, but Picasso's features became those of his lost friend. The composition is stilted, the space compressed, the gestures stiff, and the tones predominantly blue. Another outstanding Blue Period work, of 1903, is in the Metropolitan, The Blind Man's Meal. Yet another example, perhaps the most lyrical and mysterious ever, is in the Toledo Museum of Art, the haunting Woman with a Crow (1903).
"The Rose Period began around 1904 when Picasso's palette brightened, the paintings dominated by pinks and beiges, light blues, and roses. His subjects are saltimbanques (circus people), harlequins, and clowns, all of whom seem to be mute and strangely inactive. One of the premier works of this period is in Washington, D.C., the National Gallery's large and extremely beautiful Family of Saltimbanques dating to 1905, which portrays a group of circus workers who appear alienated and incapable of communicating with each other, set in a one-dimensional space.
"In 1905, Picasso went briefly to Holland, and on his return to Paris, his works took on a classical aura with large male and fernale figures seen frontally or in distinct profile, almost like early Greek art. One of the best of these of 1906 is in the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, NY, La Toilette. Several pieces in this new style were purchased by Gertrude (the art patron and writer) and her brother, Leo Stein.
Picasso enjoyed creating his art on many media. From paintings to etchings to ceramics, all of his works are a testament to his skills. There are even Picasso prints that are worth more than unique original works.
