Pablo Picasso, Le pigeonneau (Squab), 1954-55

Artist: Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
Title:Le pigeonneau (Squab), 1954-55
Reference:Bloch 326
Medium:Color Linocut on Arches Paper
Image Size:7 7/8 in x 6 1/4 in (20.2 cm x 15.9 cm)
Sheet Size:14 5/8 in x 11 in (37.1 cm x 27.9 cm)
Edition:Numbered from the edition of 226 in pencil in the lower left margin; published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
Signature:This work is hand-signed by Pablo Picasso (Malaga, 1881- Mougins, 1973) in red pencil in the lower right margin.
Condition:This work is in excellent condition.
ID #W-8392

Historical Description

Created in 1959, Pablo Picasso Le pigeonneau (Squab), 1954-55 is a color linocut on Arches paper hand-signed by Pablo Picasso (Malaga, 1881 - Mougins, 1973) in pencil in the lower right margin. Numbered from the edition of 50 in pencil in the lower left margin, this work was published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Pablo Picasso Le pigeonneau (Squab), 1954-55 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work):

1. Baer, Bridgette. Picasso Peintre-Graveur, Tome V – Catalogue Raisonné de l’œuvre grave et des monotypes, Berne: Editions Kornfeld, 1989. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 1028.
2. Bloch, Georges. Picasso Catalogue de l'ouvre gravé et lithographié, Volume I. Kornfeld et Cie: Switzerland, 1968. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 326.
3. McVinney, L. Donald, et al Picasso Linoleum Cuts: The Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kramer Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: Random House, 1985. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 49.
4. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.

About the Framing:
Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Pablo Picasso Le pigeonneau (Squab), 1954-55 is presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.

Subject Matter: Birds Animals