Pablo Picasso, Petite Bacchanale (Small Bacchanalia), 1959

Artist: Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
Title:Petite Bacchanale (Small Bacchanalia), 1959
Reference:Bloch 1020
Medium:Color Linocut on Arches Paper
Image Size:10 3/8 in x 8 5/8 in (26.4 cm x 21.9 cm)
Sheet Size:24 3/4 in x 17 3/4 in (62.9 cm x 45.1 cm)
Edition:Numbered from the edition of 50 in pencil in the lower right margin; published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
Signature:This work is hand-signed by Pablo Picasso (Malaga, 1881- Mougins, 1973) in pencil in the lower left margin.
Condition:This work is in excellent condition.
ID #W-8389

Historical Description

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

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Pablo Picasso Petite Bacchanale (Small Bacchanalia), 1959 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. 1250.
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. 1020.
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. 46.
4. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.

About the Framing:
Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Pablo Picasso Petite Bacchanale (Small Bacchanalia), 1959 is presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.

Subject Matter: Bull Animals