| November 1966
PABLO PICASSO [Ruiz]
Mlaga 1881- 1973 Mougins (Spanish)
Untitled from Series 156 – 1966
Impression 9/50
Original Stamped Signed and Hand Numbered Etching
Title : "Au Theatre: Femme Decapitee" - from Series 60
Technique : Original Etching with margins on Rives-Velin paper.
Paper size :45 X 56 cm / 17.8 X 22 inch.
Plate size :22 X 32 cm / 8.6 X 12.6 inch.
Additional Information: This Work is stamped signed with Picasso's signature stamp at the lower right margin. It is also hand numbered in pencil "9/50" at the lower left margin.
The work is dated in the plate "22.11.66".
This work was created on the 22.11.1966 in a limited edition of only 50 impressions that were stamped signed and hand numbered.
There were an additional 15 epreuve d'artist numbered in roman letters.
This is the first , original and only edition of this wonderful and powerful etching of Picasso.
The entire edition was stamped signed and was never hand signed.
The works Picasso created late in his life pays once more homage to the female sex, but with some unexpected accents. It is a tender and voluptuous homage in which a touch of irony mingled with respect and mischievousness is present.
These are the master's last works - series 60.
The work appears in the complete catalogue of prints of Picasso by George Bloch in this exact description.
Provenance : Unknown Date -Bellette Hoffman, New York, Private Collector Washington State 1989 - Present
Literature: Pablo Picasso: Tome IV, Catalogue de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie 1970 - 1972 (Catalogue of the Printed Graphic Work,1970 - 1972), by Georges Bloch, edition Kornfeld et Klipstein, Berne 1979.
Reference: Bloch 1423, full page illustration in page 232.
Condition : Very Good condition.
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