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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Artist: Saul Steinberg
Composition
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Composition
Lithograph from 1957.
The edition 211/275.
With Arches watermark.
Dimensions of work: 44.5 x 33.5 cm
Publisher: Fernand Mourlot Éditeur, ...
Category
1950s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Le vieux Roi
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) – Le Vieux Roi (Old King)
Technique: Original lithograph
Year: 1959
Dimensions: 64.5 × 49.5 cm (25.4 × 19.5 in)
Edition: From the unsigned edition of 1,000 ...
Category
1950s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Claude
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Claude
Medium: Lithograph
Date: 1950
Edition: 2000
Frame Size: 20 3/4" x 18"
Sheet Size: 12 3/4" x 9 3/4"
Reference: Cramer 60
Category
20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Homme couche et femme accroupie
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Homme couche et femme accroupie
Lithograph on Arches paper, 1956
Signature stamp lower right )see photo)
Annotated in pencil lower left: "epreuve d'artiste" (see p[hoto)
Edition: 50...
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1950s Cubist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Le peintre et son modèle
Located in Wien, 9
- dated in the plate 11.1.64
- original lithograph as frontispiece of the monograph Picasso. Lithograph
- edition 3000
- unsigned
- cat. raisonné Mourlot 1970; cat. raisonné Bloch 1155
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Young wood owl, Picasso, Pitcher, Ceramic, Animal, 1950's, Madoura, Design, Clay
Located in Geneva, CH
Young wood owl
1952
Ed. 500 pcs
White earthenware clay, partly polychromed and glazed
H. 25 cm
Inscribed underside : Edition Picasso, Madoura
Picasso - Catalogue of the edited cerami...
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1950s Post-War Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware
Matadores
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Matadores
Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961.
Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm
Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm
Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'A...
Category
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Taste of Happiness, Planche LIII
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - The Taste of Happiness, Planche LIII
Lithograph from 1970.
An unsigned and unnumbered edition of 666.
Dimensions of sheet: 32.5 x 25 cm
Dimensions in ...
Category
1970s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Pablo Picasso - Painter and His Model - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pablo Picasso - Painter and His Model - Original Lithograph
1964
Dimensions: 30 x 20 cm
Edition of 200 (one of the 200 on Vélin de Rives)
Mourlot Press, 1964
Cramer, 128
Unsigned an...
Category
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Round Head of a Woman with Hair (Plate XVIII), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Round Head of a Woman with Hair (Plate XVIII)
Portfolio: Carmen
Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper
Year: 1949
Edition: 289
Frame Size: 21" x 18"
Sheet...
Category
1940s Cubist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
La Peintre Et Son Modele (B 98), Lithograph by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973) - La Peintre Et Son Modele (B 98), Year: 1930, Medium: Lithograph on Johannot, Image Size: 9 x 11.5 inches, Size: 12.75 x 19.75 in. (32.39 x 50....
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1930s Cubist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Trois Hommes se Disputant une Femme Devant un Emir-Etching by Pablo Picasso-1966
Located in Roma, IT
Trois Hommes se Disputant une Femme Devant un Emir is an original artwork realized by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso in 1966.
Black and white etching on wove paper. Fine proof edited...
Category
1960s Cubist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Plate X, Le Cocu Magnifique
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Plate X, Le Cocu Magnifique
Etching & aquatint, 1968
Unsigned
Edition: From the unsigned edition of 200 impressions printed on Rives BFK paper
There is also a signed edition of 30 im...
Category
1960s French School Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
La Comédie Humaine
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - La Comédie Humaine
Lithograph from 1954.
Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26.5 cm
Publisher: Tériade, Paris.
The work is in Excellent condition.
Fast and s...
Category
1950s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Congress des peuples pour la Paix - Vienne (after) Pablo Picasso, 1952
Located in New York, NY
The genesis of this striking lithographic poster starts on 9 January 1949, when Picasso created the Dove, a black and white lithograph, which he produced in the Mourlot studio. Betwe...
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1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Pablo Picasso Madoura 'Hibou brillant' (A. R. 285) Owl Ceramic Plate 1955
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Hibou brillant (A. R. 285)
Terre de faïence dish, 1955, from the edition of 450, glazed and painted, with the Edition Picasso and Madoura stamps.
Category
1950s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
L'homme au mouton
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - L'homme au mouton
Lithograph from 1967.
The edition of 500 on Auvergne Richard de Bas paper.
With two watermarks - one of the paper, second of the publ...
Category
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Standing Man Large Color Lithograph
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Standing Man
Color lithograph, edition 10/50 pencil signed, image 55x47framed 59x51x1.5
Saul Steinberg was a Romanian cartoonist and illustrator best known for his iconic contribu...
Category
1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Jacqueline
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Jacqueline
Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961.
Dimensions of sheet: 27 x 37.9 cm
Dimensions in frame: 43.2 x 53.2 cm
Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'...
Category
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Pablo Picasso, L'Atelier du vieux peintre
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original lithograph in five colors by Pablo Picasso, created in 1954. Each of the 5 colors of this lithograph was executed with litho crayon on transparent transfer...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Pablo Picasso, "Peintre ramassant son Pinceau" from Le Chef- d’Œuvre Inconnu
Located in Chatsworth, CA
An original etching from "Le Chef- d’Œuvre Inconnu" by Pablo Picasso, created in 1927 and published in 1931. It is hand signed and numbered 7/99 in red brush from the edition of 9...
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1920s Other Art Style Prints and Multiples
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Etching
La Pique (The Pike)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
La Pique (The Pike)
Lithograph, 1950
Original lithograph drawn with chalk and "frottage textures" transferred to stone, 1950.
Unsigned printer's proof
Inscribed on the verso in Mourl...
Category
1950s French School Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled, 1971
Located in Wien, 9
- Plate 118 from the Suite 156
- edition 48/50
- stamp signature
- dated in the plate 17.5.71
- cat. raisonné Bloch 1973; cat. raisonné Baer 1982
Category
1970s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Le Banquet (Bloch 267-272; Cramer 24), Lysistrata, Pablo Picasso
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching on vélin de Rives BFK paper. Paper Size: 11.5 x 9 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Lysistrata, 1934. Published by The Limited E...
Category
1930s Cubist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Portfolio "Picasso from 1916 to 1961" - Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso - 1962
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Portfolio "Picasso from 1916 to 1961" - Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso
Edition du Rocher
1962
Copy given to the author
H39xW29cm
Signed by Picasso and Jean Cocteau
Original litho...
Category
1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper
Pablo Picasso, "Sculpteur modelant from Le Chef-d'Euvre Inconnu", etching
Located in Chatsworth, CA
An original etching from "Le Chef- d’Œuvre Inconnu" by Pablo Picasso, created in 1927 and published in 1931. It is hand signed and numbered 7/99 in red brush...
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1920s Other Art Style Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Square Head of a Man with Ears (Plate III), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Square Head of a Man with Ears (Plate III)
Portfolio: Carmen
Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper
Year: 1949
Edition: 289
Frame Size: 21" x 18"
Sheet Si...
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1940s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Ballet : The Dancer - Original Lithograph - Printed Signature - Ref. Bloch #767
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO
Ballet : The Dancer, 1954
Original lithograph
Printed signature in the plate
Unnumbered
On light vellum 31 x 22 cm (c. 12,2 x 8,7 in)
REFERENCES :
- Catalog raisonne...
Category
1950s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Courtisane
Located in Barbizon, FR
Gravure originale tirée à 50 exemplaires, technique de l'eau-forte, numérotée et signée au crayon par l'artiste.
Encadrée avec un cadre en bois et un verre musée.
Numéro 35/50. Éd. d...
Category
20th Century Cubist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint
Numa suit les Cours de Pythagore - From "Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide"
Located in Roma, IT
Original etching from the portfolio "Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide"publised by Skira in 1931. Illustration "Avec Remarque".
Catalogue Bloch Vol. I n. 128...
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1930s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Cinésias et sa famille (Bloch 267-272; Cramer 24), Lysistrata, Pablo Picasso
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching on vélin de Rives BFK paper. Paper Size: 11.5 x 9 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Lysistrata, 1934. Published by The Limited E...
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1930s Cubist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Pablo Picasso ( 1881 – 1973 ) – hand-signed etching on wove paper – 1968
Located in Varese, IT
Grosse Prostituée, Sorcière à la Chouette et Voyageur en Sabots ( Ref: Bloch 1760)
etching on wove paper, Edited in 1968
Limited edition of 50 copies
Current copy numbered: 37/50 on...
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1960s Cubist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Etching
Rare 1970 poster with gold stamp: Nuits de La Fondation Maeght music festival
Located in New York, NY
Saul Steinberg
Nuits de La Fondation Maeght, 1970
Silkscreen Poster
Published by Maeght and Arte Paris
Signed on the plate with elegant gold stamp in the middle
35 × 23 in 88.9 × 58...
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mixed Media, Screen
Poster for the exhibition of Picasso's Drawings at Berggruen
Located in PARIS, FR
This beautiful poster was made for the exhibition of Picasso's Drawings of a Half Century at the Berggruen & Cie Gallery.
This poster is based on Picasso's 1907 work entitled Marin rolling a cigarette.
Berggruen & Cie Gallery was founded in 1947 by Heinz Berggruen.
Heinz Berggruen, who was born into a Jewish family, had to go into exile in 1936 in the United States to escape Nazi oppression. He did not return to Germany until the end of the war, as an American citizen.
In 1947, he moved to Paris where, after unearthing an album of drawings by Toulouse-Lautrec, he opened a gallery in the Place...
Category
1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Arlequin
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Arlequin
Lithograph from 1962.
An unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 260.
Dimensions of work: 48.5 x 36 cm
Publisher: Leda, Éditions d'Art, Par...
Category
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Vintage Poster Saul Steinberg Galerie Maeght Paris France
Located in Surfside, FL
SAUL STEINBERG (American 1914-1999) Via Air Mail Geometric Design Lithograph. Sheet: 21 1/2 x 28 inches; Frame: 22 1/4 x 29 inches. Plate signed and dated l/r with sticker upper ri...
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1970s American Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Femme Couchée et Deux Visages
Located in Wien, 9
Femme couchée et deux visages, from Suite 156, 1970
signed on lower right, dated in the plate higher right
Georges Bloch, Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé et lit...
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1970s Cubist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Le Viol II
Located in Wien, 9
- handsigned on the lower right
- dated and unreadable inscripted in the plate
- from the Suite Vollard
- plate size: 19,5 x 27,6 cm; sheetsize: 34 x 44,5 cm
- edition of 260, unnumb...
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1930s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint
PABLO PICASSO 'ARC EN CIEL (COLOMBE VOLANT) - 1952, SIGNED & NUMBERED LITHOGRAPH
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
"Le colombe volant (à l'Arc-en-ciel), 1952" (Bloch 712; Mourlot 214)
Lithograph in colors on Arches paper, with full margins
sheet 550 x 760mm (29 7/8 x 21 ...
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1950s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Pablo Picasso 'Vase deux anses hautes' A. R. 213
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Vase deux anses hautes (A. R. 213)
Terre de faïence vase, 1953, from the edition of 400, inscribed 'Edition Picasso'...
Category
1950s Abstract Impressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)–Picador et Taureau–Linocut in colors on Arches paper
Located in Varese, IT
Linocut in colors on Arches paper, edited in 1959
Limited edition 21 of 50 copies
signed in pencil by artist in lower right corner and numbered 21/50 in lower left
image size: 64.5 x 53.5 cm
Paper size: 72,9 x 59,5 cm
Framed size: 98.5 x 85.5 cm
very good conditions
Publications / Catalogue Raisonnée :
This work is fully documented and referenced in the official Catalogue:
- Baer 1229, Bloch 907
Framed to museum standards in a handmade frame ,
the background is made ph neutral for proper preservation of the work over the years , to avoid oxidation.
We offer professional packaging and tracked shipping with DHL Express courier ,
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Notes:
Pablo Picasso Picador et Taureau...
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1950s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Linocut
The Taste of Happiness, Planche V
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - The Taste of Happiness, Planche V
Lithograph from 1970.
An unsigned and unnumbered edition of 666.
Dimensions of sheet: 32.5 x 25 cm
Dimensions in fra...
Category
1970s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Carmen Head of a Woman with Closed Eyes (Plate XXII)
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Head of a Woman with Closed Eyes (Plate XXII)
Portfolio: Carmen
Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper
Year: 1949
Edition: 289
Frame Size: 22" x 19"
Sheet...
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1940s Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Diurnes: Jacqueline Through Fabric - Original Collotype and stencil (Cramer #115
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)
Diurnes: Jacqueline Through the Fabric, 1962
Original collotype and stencil (Jacomet workshop)
Unsigned
Limited to 1000 copy
On paper 40 x 30 cm (c. 15.7 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Stencil
Pablo Picasso, "Les Trois Graces, II, " original etching, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pablo Picasso
Les Trois Graces, II
1922/23
This is numbered 74/100
Published by Marcel Guiot, Paris.
Original etching, hand signed in pencil by Pica...
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1920s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
The Eye (Plate XXXVIII), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: The Eye (Plate XXXVIII)
Portfolio: Carmen
Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper
Year: 1949
Edition: 289
Sheet Size: 13" x 10 3/16"
Signed: No (signed and...
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1940s Cubist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
QUATRE FEMMES NUES ET TETE SCULPTEE (BLOCH 219)
Located in Aventura, FL
Plate 82 from La Suite Vollard. Bloch 219. Baer 424. Etching on Montval paper. Signed in pencil, from the edition of 260 (there was also an edition of 50 with larger margins). Number...
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1930s Cubist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Paper
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) "Peintre et modèle avec un noeud dans les cheveux"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pablo Picasso 1881–1973
"Peintre et modèle avec un noeud dans les cheveux"
1964
etching and aquatint on BFK Rives
image: 10¾ h × 15 w in (27 × 38 cm)...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Femme au lit avec visiteurs en costume du XVII
Located in Wien, 9
- with the stamped signature on the lower right, as issued
- numbered 15/50
- dated in the plate 29.3.71
- from the Suite 156
- published by Galerie Louise ...
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Diurnes: Woman in a Lemon Tree - Original Collotype and Stencil (Cramer #115)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)
Diurnes: Woman in a Lemon Tree, 1962
Original collotype and stencil (Jacomet workshop)
Unsigned
Limited to 1000 copy
On paper 40 x 30 cm (c. 15.7 x 11.2 i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Stencil
The Ox, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.330)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Ox is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.7 x 8.2 inches, unsigned as issued, and framed in a contemporary silver and gray moulding. One of about 36 prints that exist with Picasso's remarqued title in French, from the edition of 262 (there were 226 portfolios, some with additional sets on varying papers).
Catalogue - Cramer #37
The exceptional etchings from Picasso’s Histoire Naturelle – Textes de Buffon are a masterful combination of sugar-lift aquatint and drypoint, showcasing a full range of gray tonalities. The etchings of animals, birds and insects are considered some of the most beautiful and most unusual examples of Picasso’s graphic work.
Roger Lacourière, Picasso’s master printer, pulled the prints for each etching between 1939-1942. It was Lacourière who taught Picasso the sugar-lift aquatint technique which allowed him to mimic the effect of brushstrokes in these etched images. Picasso first explored the technique in his plates for the Vollard Suite, but it was in the creation of the Buffon images that he fully realized its stunning, painterly potential.
For the edition, 226 portfolios were produced with the first thirty-six counting as deluxe compilations. These rare deluxe sets were on diverse papers (chine, japon or vergé ancien) and each included a complete additional suite showing Picasso’s title remarques along the bottom. As such, the remarqued versions of the prints are quite rare with just thirty-six of each produced for the edition (with the exception of The Wolf which is never remarqued – the image always fills the entire etching plate).
These prints are based on the writings of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, who extensively documented the natural world in his monumental work Histoire Naturelle. Picasso’s association with the project to illustrate parts of the Buffon came during a tumultuous time in European history – the prelude to, and early years of, World War II. As the continent was ravaged, Picasso lived through the disaster in Paris, which the Germans occupied in 1940. These prints could be seen as a political statement – Picasso channeling his artistic expression into a form of resistance art...
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20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
La Comédie Humaine
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - La Comédie Humaine
Lithograph from 1954.
Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26.5 cm
Publisher: Tériade, Paris.
The work is in Excellent condition.
Fast and s...
Category
1950s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Oval Head of a Man Looking Left (Plate XXIV), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Oval Head of a Man Looking Left (Plate XXIV)
Portfolio: Carmen
Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper
Year: 1949
Edition: 289
Frame Size: 21" x 18"
Sheet ...
Category
1940s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Pablo Picasso 'Visage Lunaire' (A. R. 502) Prototype 1963
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Visage Lunaire (A. R. 502 Prototype)
Terre de faïence plate, 1963, with the Empreinte Originale de Picasso and Madoura stamps It formed part of the Marin...
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1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ceramic
The Taste of Happiness, Planche LXV
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - The Taste of Happiness, Planche LXV
Lithograph from 1970.
An unsigned and unnumbered edition of 666.
Dimensions of sheet: 32.5 x 25 cm
Dimensions in f...
Category
1970s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Dessins Récents de Steinberg- Gallerie Maeght. Published by Mourlot, Paris.
Located in Clinton Township, MI
SAUL STEINBERG (Romanian-American, 1914-1999)
Dessins Récents de Steinberg, Gallerie Maeght, 13, Rue de Téhéran, Paris, Avril, Mai 1953.
Event Poster
2...
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Late 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Taste of Happiness, Planche IX
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - The Taste of Happiness, Planche IX
Lithograph from 1970.
An unsigned and unnumbered edition of 666.
Dimensions of sheet: 32.5 x 25 cm
Dimensions in fr...
Category
1970s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Table Before Window
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Table Before Window
Lithograph from 1946.
Dimensions of work: 48 x 32.8 cm
Publisher: Pantheon.
The work is in Excellent condition.
Fast and secure ...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Fine Art Prints for Sale — Animal Prints, Abstract Prints, Nude Prints and Other Prints
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