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Picasso Etching Vollard Suite

Pablo Picasso Sculpteur avec Coupe et Modèle Accroupi 1933 La Suite Vollard
Pablo Picasso Sculpteur avec Coupe et Modèle Accroupi 1933 La Suite Vollard

Pablo Picasso Sculpteur avec Coupe et Modèle Accroupi 1933 La Suite Vollard

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Naples, Florida

Etching by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled *Sculpteur avec Coupe et Modèle Accroupi* (*Sculptor with Fishbowl and Crouching Model*), created in 1933 as part of the celebrated *La S...

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1930s Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Etching

Pablo Picasso, Le Repos du Sculpteur II, from La Suite Vollard, hand signed
Pablo Picasso, Le Repos du Sculpteur II, from La Suite Vollard, hand signed

Pablo Picasso, Le Repos du Sculpteur II, from La Suite Vollard, hand signed

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Chatsworth, CA

Pablo Picasso Le Repos du Sculpteur II, from La Suite Vollard Hand signed by Picasso in pencil in the lower right, Watermark "Vollard" Reference: Bloch 172; Baer 325 Original etching...

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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Garcon et Dormeuse a la Chandelle, Signed, From La Suite Vollard, Bloch 226
Garcon et Dormeuse a la Chandelle, Signed, From La Suite Vollard, Bloch 226

Garcon et Dormeuse a la Chandelle, Signed, From La Suite Vollard, Bloch 226

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Aventura, FL

Plate 26 from La Suite Vollard. Bloch 226. Baer 440. Etching, engraving and aquatint, on Montval paper. Signed in pencil, from the edition of 260 (there was also an edition of 50 wit...

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Paper, Etching, Engraving, Aquatint

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Au Vieux sculpteur au travail

Au Vieux sculpteur au travail

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Hinsdale, IL

Picasso created 97 etchings from 1930-1936 and added three additional etched portraits of Ambroise Vollard to complete the Vollard Suite in 1937.

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1930s Cubist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Au Modele Accoude Sur unTableau
Au Modele Accoude Sur unTableau

Au Modele Accoude Sur unTableau

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Hinsdale, IL

Picasso created 97 etchings from 1930-1936 and added three additional etched portraits of Ambroise Vollard to complete the Vollard Suite in 1937.

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1930s Cubist Figurative Prints

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Etching

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Marie-Thérèse regardant son Corps sculpté from Suite Vollard, signed by Picasso

Marie-Thérèse regardant son Corps sculpté from Suite Vollard, signed by Picasso

By Pablo Picasso

Located in New York, NY

Etching printed on Montval laid paper with Picasso watermark From the Suite Vollard (S.V. 73), edition of 260 from the fourth (final) state; after steelfacing Signed by artist in pen...

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20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Suite Vollard- Modele nu et Sculptures

Suite Vollard- Modele nu et Sculptures

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Pablo Picasso Original Etching on Montval paper with Picasso watermark and full margins. From the pencil signed edition of 250. Bloch 185; Baer 344

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By Pablo Picasso

Located in Chatsworth, CA

This piece is an original etching by Pablo Picasso, done in 1933. It is from "La Suite Vollard", a series made between 1930 and 1939, that was created by Picasso and published by ren...

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1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Modèle et grande sculpture de dos, from: La Suite Vollard
Modèle et grande sculpture de dos, from: La Suite Vollard

Modèle et grande sculpture de dos, from: La Suite Vollard

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973) Title: Modèle et grande sculpture de dos, from: La Suite Vollard (Marie-Therese regardent son corpse sculpte) Year: 1933 Medium: Etching...

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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

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Le Viol from Suite Vollard

Le Viol from Suite Vollard

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973) Title: Le Viol from Suite Vollard Year: 1931 Medium: Etching on laid paper, signed in pencil Edition: 260 Image Size: 8.5 x 12 inche...

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Modele, tableau et sculpture - Plate 43 from the Suite Vollard
Modele, tableau et sculpture - Plate 43 from the Suite Vollard

Modele, tableau et sculpture - Plate 43 from the Suite Vollard

By Pablo Picasso

Located in London, GB

Petiet knew that Picasso , would never sign anything until he was paid for it and the artist required a substantial fee for putting his signature on the Vollard Suite etchings.

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20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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