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Pablo Picasso 'Bacchanal with Pair of Lovers and Owl'
Estimate:
$1,000 - $2,000
Sold
$1,200
Live Auction
159: Important Paintings & Contemporary Art
ARTIST
Pablo Picasso
Category
Description
Pablo Picasso
Bacchanal with Pair of Lovers and Owl
linocut
dated on the plate 2.12.59; inscribed Cat No. 59 on printed exhibition label affixed verso
260 x 320mm
Note
Between the years 1958 and 1961 Picasso made several linocuts, a creative process he found greatly stimulating. During this time he invented the ‘reduction’ method, progressively cutting the same lino block for each new colour, making it impossible to take any further prints from the original block. This image was likely printed in 1962.
Bacchanal with Pair of Lovers and Owl
linocut
dated on the plate 2.12.59; inscribed Cat No. 59 on printed exhibition label affixed verso
260 x 320mm
Note
Between the years 1958 and 1961 Picasso made several linocuts, a creative process he found greatly stimulating. During this time he invented the ‘reduction’ method, progressively cutting the same lino block for each new colour, making it impossible to take any further prints from the original block. This image was likely printed in 1962.
Provenance
Peter Webb exhibited Pablo Picasso prints at Barrington Galleries in the 1970s, Auckland (with assistance from the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council). Purchased by Janne Land from this exhibition.
