$4,002
H 12.6 in W 9.85 in D 0.04 in
Pablo Picasso - La Petite Corrida - Original Lithograph
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pablo Picasso - Original Lithograph La Petite Corrida (The Small Bullfight) 1958 Edition of 2000
Lithograph
La Petite Corrida
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - La Petite Corrida Lithograph from 1957. Dimensions of work: 31.5 x 24
Lithograph
La Grande Corrida
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - La Grande Corrida Etching conceived in 1934, printed in 1939. The
Etching
Picasso Preside la Corrida - Frejus, 1962
By Lucien Clergue
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucien Clergue, French (1934 - 2014) Title: Picasso Preside la Corrida - Frejus, 1962
Silver Gelatin
$1,194
H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1957 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
$4,000
H 16 in W 13.25 in
Silver Gelatin Photograph Hand Signed Photo Pablo Picasso Arles Lucien Clergue
By Lucien Clergue
Located in Surfside, FL
Picasso Après la Corrida, Arles, 1962. Hand signed by the artist and numbered 4/30 (edition of 30) to
Silver Gelatin
Picasso Après la Corrida, Arles
By Lucien Clergue
Located in Toronto, ON
Picasso Après la Corrida, Arles Ed. 4/30PF. Signed on front (lower right). Signed, titled
Silver Gelatin
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H 22.25 in W 30.25 in
La Grande Corrida, avec Femme Torero (Bloch 1330)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Etching printed on Montval laid paper with Montval watermark Edition of 50
Paper, Etching
Pablo Picasso “La Corrida” (After)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PABLO PICASSO (after) “La Corrida” (after) Color Aquatint,1956. 19 1/8 x 25 ¾ inches, full margins
Aquatint
La Petite Corrida
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Pasadena, CA
Pablo Picasso - Original Lithograph, La Petite Corrida (The Small Bullfight), 1958, Edition of 2000
Lithograph
La Corrida (The Bullfight)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso (after) Title: La Corrida (The Bullfight) Medium: Aquatint in colors on
Aquatint
La Corrida (The Bullfight)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso (after) Title: La Corrida (The Bullfight) Medium: Aquatint in colors on
Aquatint
La Corrida (The Bullfight)
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso (after) Title: La Corrida (The Bullfight) Medium: Aquatint in colors on
Aquatint
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H 31 in W 22.75 in D 0.1 in
1973 After Pablo Picasso 'Oeuvre Grave La Corrida' Cubism France Lithograph
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
: Printed by Imprimerie Bellini. Published by Hotel de Ville, Brussels, reference Rodrigo ""Picasso in his
Lithograph
La Corrida (The Bullfight), 1956
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palo Alto, CA
mid-summer's day, Pablo Picasso La Corrida (The Bullfight), 1956 is one of Picasso's best works. "In
Aquatint
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
'Hommage a Pablo Picasso' 1971- Book
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
original lithograph of La Corrida, showcasing Picasso's distinctive style and mastery in printmaking. The
Other Medium, Lithograph
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H 16 in W 13.25 in
Silver Gelatin Photograph Hand Signed Photo Pablo Picasso Arles Lucien Clergue
By Lucien Clergue
Located in Surfside, FL
Picasso Après la Corrida, Arles, 1962. Hand signed by the artist and numbered 4/30 (edition of 30) to
Silver Gelatin
Pablo Picasso, La Petite Corrida
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original lithograph in colors by Pablo Picasso, done in 1957. Picasso created this
Lithograph
La Petite Corrida
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
An original lithograph on wove paper by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) titled "La
Lithograph
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H 19.5 in W 22 in
"La Petite Corrida" (The Small Bullfight) by Pablo Picasso lithograph
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Picasso's "La Petite Corrida" (The Little Bullfight) is a charming and whimsical abstract that is
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H 12 in W 9.5 in
Pablo Picasso 'La Petite Corrida from XX siecle' 1957- Lithograph-
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: La Petite Corrida, also known as Petit Bullfight, is
Lithograph
La Petite Corrida - original lithograph
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pablo Picasso - Original Lithograph La Petite Corrida (The Small Bullfight) 1958 Edition of 2000
Lithograph
La Petite Corrida - original lithograph
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pablo Picasso - Original Lithograph La Petite Corrida (The Small Bullfight) 1958 Edition of 2000
Lithograph
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H 12.4 in W 9.65 in
La Petite Corrida (Bloch 839; Cramer 92; Mourlot 302), Hommage à Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Southampton, NY
unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonne references: Picasso, Pablo, and Georges Bloch. Pablo Picasso
Lithograph
La Petite Corrida (The Little Bullfight)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Fairlawn, OH
La Petite Corrida (The Little Bullfight) Color lithograph, 1957 Signed and dated in the stone (see
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
Lithograph
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
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H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
La Petite Corrida - Original lithograph (Bloch #839 / Mourlot #302)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1958 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove
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Rosso Wall Mirror
By Specchi Veneziani
Located in Milan, IT
Crafted in the finest Murano tradition, this exquisite Venetian mirror is a true work of art. Assembled with crystal and gold elements, and adorned with red glass flowers, each piece...
Glass
Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool This White Oak Chile Counter Stool is beautifully constructed from solid wood in Ohio, USA. The stool is chunky and modern...
Wood, Oak
$29,324
H 22.84 in W 18.12 in D 0.04 in
Deux Femmes Nues - Etching by Pablo Picasso - 1930
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on wove Arches paper. Hand signed and numbered in ink. Edition of 81/125 prints. Published by Editions Albert Skira, Paris, in 1930. Very good condition. Catalogue Bloch no. ...
Paper, Etching
$195,000
H 25 in W 20.5 in
Pablo Picasso, "Tête de Femme", original linoleum cut, hand signed
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original linoleum cut in color by Pablo Picasso, 1962. It is hand signed and numbered 40/50 from the edition of 50; there were also 35 artist's proofs. This piece is...
Linocut
Crackle Textured Handmade Ceramic Mushroom Lamp, Blue
By Streicher Goods, Ethan Streicher
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Every mushroom lamp is hand-made and hand-painted by Ethan Streicher, the founder and designer behind the Streicher Goods brand in Brooklyn, NY. The lamp's silhouette is simple and c...
Brass
$600Sale Price|20% Off
H 6.5 in W 6.5 in D 5.5 in
Natural Blue Coral Specimen, Real. Beautiful Deep Blue w/Whitish around Bottom
Located in Warrenton, OR
Natural Blue Coral Specimen, Real. Beautiful Deep Blue w/Whitish at Bottom. ***NOTE: Our 1stDibs store is closing in May and items will not be available thereafter.*** This is an abs...
Coral
$52,567
H 11.42 in W 15.36 in D 2.17 in
Le Cocu Magnifique - Complete Suite of Etchings by Pablo Picasso - 1968
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Roma, IT
In-folio Oblong Dimensions : 29x39 cm. Paris Atelier Crommelynck 1968 Edition 35 of 200 copies including 12 original out-of-text etchings (7 etchings, 4 etchings and acquatint and ...
Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint
Salvador Dalí -- The Immaculate Conception
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí The Immaculate Conception, 1979 Original lithograph on Japon paper Hand signed lower right Edition I VI/C Image size 58.5 x 41 cm Sheet size 60 x 46 cm The stamp of th...
Lithograph
The Nativity of Christ
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Anonymous 15th Century Italian, Probably Milan area The Nativity of Christ Pigments, ink and gold leaf on vellum Unsigned as is always the case with illuminated manuscripts The Virgi...
Pigment
$49,710Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.67 in W 9.85 in D 4.73 in
'Pichet Espagnol' from the Madoura Pottery 'AR 245' by Pablo Picasso '1954'
By Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
'Pichet Espagnol' ceramic piece from the Madoura Pottery (A.R. 245) by Pablo Picasso (1954). A fired, unglazed ceramic pitcher in the form of a stylised bird with elegant, Minimalist...
Ceramic
Night Shadows
By Edward Hopper
Located in Plano, TX
Night Shadows. 1921. Etching. Levin 82. 7 x 8 3/8 (sheet 10 x 13 7 1/16).s Series: Six American Etchings: The New Republic Portfolio, 1924. Edition approximately 500-600. Illustrate...
Etching
$11,596Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.5 in W 9 in
Cinésias et Myrrhine (Bloch 267-272; Cramer 24), Lysistrata, Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Southampton, NY
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...
Etching
$648,500
H 32 in W 37.75 in
Homme à l'agneau, mangeur de pastèque et flûtiste
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New Orleans, LA
Signed, dated and numbered “Picasso / 3.2.67 / II” (upper right) Crayon on paper Hailed among the fathers of modern art, Pablo Picasso possessed a seemingly endless supply of creati...
Paper, Crayon
Pablo Picasso, "Tauromachy Scene", ceramic plate
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an A.R. turned round plate by Pablo Picasso made in 1957. It is made with red earthenware clay, engobe decoration, and knife engraved in black. It is numbered 279/ 500 ...
Ceramic
On Hold|$7,851
H 37.41 in W 80.71 in D 33.86 in
Luigi Caccia Dominioni Daybed, "Chesa Laria" sofa, Azucena, Italy 50s
By Azucena, Luigi Caccia Dominioni
Located in Argelato, BO
Luigi CACCIA DOMINIONI 1913-2016 Daybed mod. L4 called "Chesa Laria" - circa 1959 Walnut structure upholstered in white fabric Azucena Edition Bibliography: Adalberto Dal Lago, Arre...
Metal
$6,000
H 8.8 in W 12.8 in
Pablo Picasso, "Untitled" from 23 novembre 1966 II, etching
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chatsworth, CA
An original etching created by Pablo Picasso in 1966 . It is stamp signed and numbered from the edition of 50. This piece measures 8.8 x 12.8 inches and the framed dimensions are 1...
Etching
One of the most prolific and revolutionary artists the world has ever seen, Pablo Picasso had a tremendous impact on the development of 20th-century modern art. Although he is best known for his association with the Cubist movement, which he founded with Georges Braque, Picasso’s influence extends to Surrealism, neoclassicism and Expressionism.
“Every act of creation is, first of all, an act of destruction,” the Spanish artist proclaimed. In Picasso's Cubist paintings, he emphasizes the two-dimensionality of the canvas, breaking with conventions regarding perspective, foreshortening and proportion. Picasso was inspired by Iberian and African tribal art. One of his most famous pre-Cubist works is Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907), a painting considered immoral and shocking at the time for its depiction of nude women whose faces resemble Iberian tribal masks.
Picasso made many portraits in this style, most often of the women in his life, their expressively colored faces composed of geometric shards of surface planes. In Woman in a Hat (Olga), 1935, he painted his first wife as an assemblage of abstract forms, leaving the viewer to decipher the subject through the contrasting colors and shapes. Picasso was a tireless artist, creating more than 20,000 paintings, drawings, prints, ceramics and sculptures. Tracing his life’s work reveals the progression of modern art, on which he had an unparalleled influence.
Browse an expansive collection of Pablo Picasso's art on 1stDibs.
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.
Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.
Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.
Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.
“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.
Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.
For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)
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