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Pablo Picasso. Linocut on paper. “Bacchanale au taureau”.
Pablo Picasso. Linocut on paper. “Bacchanale au taureau”.

Pablo Picasso. Linocut on paper. “Bacchanale au taureau”.

Located in København, Copenhagen

Pablo Picasso. “Bacchanale au taureau” (Bacchanalia with a Bull). Linocut on paper. A vibrant and expressive work by Pablo Picasso, executed as a linocut 1960, depicting a bacchanal...

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20th Century Spanish Modern Prints

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Paper

Le Taureau Blanc, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud
Le Taureau Blanc, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

Le Taureau Blanc, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

By Lucien Coutaud

Located in Long Island City, NY

Lucien Coutaud, French (1904 - 1977) - Le Taureau Blanc, Year: 1957, Medium: Etching, Image Size: 7.75 x 5 inches, Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm), Description: From the collec...

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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Le Taureau Blanc Plate VI, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud
Le Taureau Blanc Plate VI, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

Le Taureau Blanc Plate VI, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

By Lucien Coutaud

Located in Long Island City, NY

Lucien Coutaud, French (1904 - 1977) - Le Taureau Blanc Plate VI, Year: 1956, Medium: Etching BFK Rives, Image Size: 7.75 x 5 inches, Size: 13 x 9.75 in. (33.02 x 24.77 cm), Publis...

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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Le Taureau Blanc Plate V, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud
Le Taureau Blanc Plate V, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

Le Taureau Blanc Plate V, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

By Lucien Coutaud

Located in Long Island City, NY

Lucien Coutaud, French (1904 - 1977) - Le Taureau Blanc Plate V, Year: 1956, Medium: Etching on BFK Rives, Image Size: 7.75 x 5 inches, Size: 13 x 9.75 in. (33.02 x 24.77 cm), Publ...

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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Le Taureau Blanc Plate IX, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud
Le Taureau Blanc Plate IX, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

Le Taureau Blanc Plate IX, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

By Lucien Coutaud

Located in Long Island City, NY

Lucien Coutaud, French (1904 - 1977) - Le Taureau Blanc Plate IX, Year: 1956, Medium: Etching on BFK Rives, Image Size: 8 x 5 inches, Size: 13 x 9.75 in. (33.02 x 24.77 cm), Publis...

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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Pablo Picasso (after) - "Tête de Taureau" 1957 Offset Lithograph

Pablo Picasso (after) - "Tête de Taureau" 1957 Offset Lithograph

By (after) Pablo Picasso

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Picasso (After), Pablo Tête de Taureau, 1957 Offset Lithograph on Arches wove paper. 14 1/2 x 11 in. From the limited edition of 226 From 40 Dessins de Picasso en Marge du Buffon (...

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Mid-20th Century Minimalist More Prints

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Lithograph

Femme Unicorne et taureau noir (licorne ailée) by Le Corbusier
Femme Unicorne et taureau noir (licorne ailée) by Le Corbusier

Femme Unicorne et taureau noir (licorne ailée) by Le Corbusier

By Le Corbusier

Located in New York, NY

Artist: Le Corbusier Medium: Lithograph, 1960 Dimensions: 17.25 x 22.5 in, 43.8 x 57.2 cm Arches Paper - Perfect Condition A+ Printed my Atelier Mourlot, Paris Our mission for o...

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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Le Taureau Blanc III, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud
Le Taureau Blanc III, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

Le Taureau Blanc III, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

By Lucien Coutaud

Located in Long Island City, NY

Lucien Coutaud, French (1904 - 1977) - Le Taureau Blanc III, Year: 1957, Medium: Etching, Image Size: 7.75 x 5 inches, Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm), Description: From the co...

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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Le Taureau Blanc IV, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud
Le Taureau Blanc IV, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

Le Taureau Blanc IV, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

By Lucien Coutaud

Located in Long Island City, NY

Lucien Coutaud, French (1904 - 1977) - Le Taureau Blanc IV, Year: 1957, Medium: Etching, Image Size: 7.75 x 5 inches, Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm), Description: From the col...

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1950s Surrealist Nude Prints

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Etching

Le Taureau Blanc II, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud
Le Taureau Blanc II, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

Le Taureau Blanc II, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

By Lucien Coutaud

Located in Long Island City, NY

Lucien Coutaud, French (1904 - 1977) - Le Taureau Blanc II, Year: 1957, Medium: Etching, Image Size: 7.75 x 5 inches, Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm), Description: From the col...

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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Le Taureau Blanc V, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud
Le Taureau Blanc V, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

Le Taureau Blanc V, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

By Lucien Coutaud

Located in Long Island City, NY

Lucien Coutaud, French (1904 - 1977) - Le Taureau Blanc V, Year: 1957, Medium: Etching, Image Size: 7.75 x 5 inches, Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm), Description: From the coll...

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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Le Taureau Blanc VI, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud
Le Taureau Blanc VI, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

Le Taureau Blanc VI, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

By Lucien Coutaud

Located in Long Island City, NY

Lucien Coutaud, French (1904 - 1977) - Le Taureau Blanc VI, Year: 1957, Medium: Etching, Image Size: 7.75 x 5 inches, Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm), Description: From the col...

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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Le Taureau Blanc I, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud
Le Taureau Blanc I, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

Le Taureau Blanc I, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

By Lucien Coutaud

Located in Long Island City, NY

Lucien Coutaud, French (1904 - 1977) - Le Taureau Blanc I, Year: 1957, Medium: Etching, Image Size: 7.75 x 5 inches, Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm), Description: From the colle...

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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Transport du Taureau Aile - Original Lithograph - Mid 19th Century

Transport du Taureau Aile - Original Lithograph - Mid 19th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Transport du Taureau Aile is an original modern artwork realized in France in the Mid-19th Century. Original B/W Lithograph on Ivory Paper. Inscripted on the lowet margin in Capit...

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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Picador et Taureau   - Linocut Reproduction After Pablo Picasso - 1962
Picador et Taureau   - Linocut Reproduction After Pablo Picasso - 1962

Picador et Taureau - Linocut Reproduction After Pablo Picasso - 1962

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Roma, IT

Picador et Taureau is a linocut reproduction realized in smaller size after a linocut by Pablo Picasso of 1959. Good conditions, except for very minor foxing on edges. Not signed. ...

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1960s Cubist Figurative Prints

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Linocut

Taureau Aile Contemple Par Quatre Enfants, From La Suite Vollard, Bloch 229
Taureau Aile Contemple Par Quatre Enfants, From La Suite Vollard, Bloch 229

Taureau Aile Contemple Par Quatre Enfants, From La Suite Vollard, Bloch 229

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Aventura, FL

Plate 13 from La Suite Vollard. Bloch 229. Baer 444. Etching on Montval paper. Signed in pencil, from the edition of 260 (there was also an edition of 50 with larger margins). Printe...

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1930s Cubist Animal Prints

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Paper, Engraving

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Picador et Taureau. I (Bloch 1350)

Picador et Taureau. I (Bloch 1350)

By Pablo Picasso

Located in New York, NY

Sugarlift aquatint with etching One of two or three impressions of the second (final) state printed on Pur Fil Marais wove with Pur fil Marais watermark Dated upper left, in plate ...

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1940s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Taureau et Chevaux dans L'Arene

Taureau et Chevaux dans L'Arene

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Toronto, ON

Etching on paper Created on 7 November 1933, plate 15 from the Vollard Suite, etching on large format Montval laid paper, an unsigned impression from the deluxe edition of 50 (print...

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1930s Figurative Prints

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Etching

Pablo Picasso: Taureau et Cheval dans l'Arène

Pablo Picasso: Taureau et Cheval dans l'Arène

By Pablo Picasso

Located in New York, NY

Etching printed on Rives wove paper From the edition of 340 Printed by Fort, 1931 Published by Vollard as an illustration for "Le Chef-d'Oeuvres Inconnu," Paris, 1931 Image: 7 x 5/8...

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20th Century Animal Prints

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Etching

Picador et taureau, Ceramic, Design, Atelier Madoura, 1950's
Picador et taureau, Ceramic, Design, Atelier Madoura, 1950's

Picador et taureau, Ceramic, Design, Atelier Madoura, 1950's

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Geneva, CH

Picador et taureau 25.09.1953 Few copies produced White earthenware with oxidized paraffin decoration and white and black enamel. D. 27 cm I D. 33 cm (with frame) Stamped on the back...

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20th Century Post-War Figurative Prints

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Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware

Harpye à Tête de Taureau, et Quatre Petites Filles sur une Tour surmontée B229

Harpye à Tête de Taureau, et Quatre Petites Filles sur une Tour surmontée B229

By Pablo Picasso

Located in New York, NY

Etching printed on Montval laid paper with Picasso watermark From the Suite Vollard (S.V. 13), edition of 260 Inscribed "377" in pencil, lower left margin; "229, 377, 19699" in pen...

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20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Taureau

Le CorbusierTaureau, 1963

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H 27.96 in W 20.28 in

Taureau

By Le Corbusier

Located in Paris, FR

Lithograph, 1963 Edition : 56/125 71.00 cm. x 51.50 cm. 27.95 in. x 20.28 in. (paper) 61.00 cm. x 32.00 cm. 24.02 in. x 12.6 in. (image) Handsigned by the artist in pencil Ref : LC...

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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Le Corbusier  Large Lithograph "Taureau" 'Le Taureau' 1963
Le Corbusier  Large Lithograph "Taureau" 'Le Taureau' 1963

Le Corbusier Large Lithograph "Taureau" 'Le Taureau' 1963

By Le Corbusier

Located in Amarillo, TX

Le Corbusier Large and rare color lithograph "Taureau" (Le Taureau) Limited edition by Galerie Heidi Weber, Zurich, Switzerland Printed by Imprimerie Mourlot, Paris in 1963.

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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Prints

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Paper

Le Taureau Blanc Plate XIII, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud
Le Taureau Blanc Plate XIII, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

Le Taureau Blanc Plate XIII, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

By Lucien Coutaud

Located in Long Island City, NY

Lucien Coutaud, French (1904 - 1977) - Le Taureau Blanc Plate XIII, Year: 1956, Medium: Etching on BFK Rives, Image Size: 8 x 5.25 inches, Size: 13 x 9.75 in. (33.02 x 24.77 cm), P...

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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Le Taureau Blanc Plate Frontispiece, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud
Le Taureau Blanc Plate Frontispiece, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

Le Taureau Blanc Plate Frontispiece, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

By Lucien Coutaud

Located in Long Island City, NY

Lucien Coutaud, French (1904 - 1977) - Le Taureau Blanc Plate Frontispiece, Year: 1956, Medium: Etching on BFK Rives, Image Size: 8 x 5.25 inches, Size: 13 x 9.75 in. (33.02 x 24.7...

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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Le Taureau Blanc Plate X, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud
Le Taureau Blanc Plate X, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

Le Taureau Blanc Plate X, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

By Lucien Coutaud

Located in Long Island City, NY

Lucien Coutaud, French (1904 - 1977) - Le Taureau Blanc Plate X, Year: 1956, Medium: Etching on BFK Rives, Image Size: 8 x 5.25 inches, Size: 13 x 9.75 in. (33.02 x 24.77 cm), Publ...

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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Le Taureau Blanc Plate XI, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud
Le Taureau Blanc Plate XI, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

Le Taureau Blanc Plate XI, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud

By Lucien Coutaud

Located in Long Island City, NY

Lucien Coutaud, French (1904 - 1977) - Le Taureau Blanc Plate XI, Year: 1956, Medium: Etching on BFK Rives, Image Size: 8 x 5.25 inches, Size: 13 x 9.75 in. (33.02 x 24.77 cm), Pub...

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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Pablo Picasso Madoura Ceramic Plate - Tête de taureau Ramié 329

Pablo Picasso Madoura Ceramic Plate - Tête de taureau Ramié 329

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Miami, FL

This Picasso ceramic plate "Tête de taureau Ramié 329" is one in an edition of 100 and is made of white earthenware clay. Please contact us with any questions.

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1950s Abstract Animal Prints

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Ceramic, Earthenware

Pablo Picasso Madoura Ceramic Plate - Picador et taureau Ramié 197
Pablo Picasso Madoura Ceramic Plate - Picador et taureau Ramié 197

Pablo Picasso Madoura Ceramic Plate - Picador et taureau Ramié 197

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Miami, FL

This Picasso ceramic plate "Picador et taureau Ramié 197" is one in an edition of 200 and is made of white earthenware clay, and decorated with colored engobes and glaze. Please co...

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1950s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Ceramic, Earthenware, Glaze

Bacchanale au Taureau Noir - Linocut Reproduction After Pablo Picasso - 1962
Bacchanale au Taureau Noir - Linocut Reproduction After Pablo Picasso - 1962

Bacchanale au Taureau Noir - Linocut Reproduction After Pablo Picasso - 1962

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Roma, IT

Bacchanale au Taureau Noir is a color linocut reproduction realized after Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Realized in smaller size after a linocut by Pablo Picasso of 1959. Passepartou...

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1960s Cubist Figurative Prints

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Linocut

Antique Print of a Bull-Calf, Made After the Painting of Paulus Potter
Antique Print of a Bull-Calf, Made After the Painting of Paulus Potter

Antique Print of a Bull-Calf, Made After the Painting of Paulus Potter

By Alexandre Liernur, P. Potter

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique hand-colored print of a bull-calf, titled 'De jonge stier - Le Jeune Taureau' .

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Antique Early 19th Century Prints

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Paper

TAUREAU AVEC SPIRALE ROUGE

TAUREAU AVEC SPIRALE ROUGE

By Alexander Calder

Located in Aventura, FL

Color lithograph. From Poemas Para Mirar portfolio. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Printed by Maeght and Mourlot, Paris. Published by Editart D. Blanco, Ginebra. Edition o...

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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Le Taureau (le boeuf)-The Bull
Le Taureau (le boeuf)-The Bull

Le Taureau (le boeuf)-The Bull

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Le Taureau (le boeuf)-The Bull Aquatint, 1936 Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the artist Marina Picasso (her oval stamp on reverse, see photo), Lugt 3698 One of ...

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1930s Modern Animal Prints

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Aquatint

Taureau et Chevaux dans l'Arène
Taureau et Chevaux dans l'Arène

Pablo PicassoTaureau et Chevaux dans l'Arène, 1933

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H 13.39 in W 17.33 in D 0.04 in

Taureau et Chevaux dans l'Arène

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Roma, IT

Taureau et Chevaux dans l'Arène is an original etching realized by Pablo Picasso in 1933.

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1930s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching

Picasso, Le Taureau, Histoire naturelle (after)
Picasso, Le Taureau, Histoire naturelle (after)

Picasso, Le Taureau, Histoire naturelle (after)

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Southampton, NY

Lithograph on papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljoux paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Eaux-fortes originale pour des textes de ...

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1970s Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Taureau Couché - Original Etching by R. Bonheur - 1880
Taureau Couché - Original Etching by R. Bonheur - 1880

Taureau Couché - Original Etching by R. Bonheur - 1880

By Rosa Bonheur

Located in Roma, IT

Image dimensions: 13.8 x 16.2 cm. Taureau couché is a beautiful and original black and white etching on an ivory-colored and laid paper, realized by Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899) and pr...

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1870s Figurative Prints

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Etching

Repos de Sculpteur devant des Chavaux et Taureau

Repos de Sculpteur devant des Chavaux et Taureau

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Signed in pencil Edition: 303, 250 on Vollard watermarked Montval laid paper Provenance: Mr. and Ms. I. B. Rosenbaum, Cincinnati, Ohio Dr. and Ms. Max F. Baer, Washington...

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1930s Figurative Prints

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Etching

Bacchanale au Taureau - Original Linocut After Pablo Picasso - 1962
Bacchanale au Taureau - Original Linocut After Pablo Picasso - 1962

Bacchanale au Taureau - Original Linocut After Pablo Picasso - 1962

By (after) Pablo Picasso

Located in Roma, IT

Bacchanale au Taureau is an beautiful color linocut realized after Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Original linocut realized in smaller size after a linocut by Pablo Picasso of 1959. P...

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1960s Cubist Figurative Prints

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Linocut

Taureau-trois-graines s’est laisse pousser les dents
Taureau-trois-graines s’est laisse pousser les dents

Taureau-trois-graines s’est laisse pousser les dents

By Wifredo Lam

Located in Paris, FR

Lithograph, 1973 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 7/99 Publisher : Éditions Agori/La Mata Catalog : Tonneau-Ryckelynck 7303 65.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 25.59 in. x 19.69 in...

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Pablo Picasso, Taureau et Cheval from Le Chef- d’Œuvre Inconnu
Pablo Picasso, Taureau et Cheval from Le Chef- d’Œuvre Inconnu

Pablo Picasso, Taureau et Cheval from Le Chef- d’Œuvre Inconnu

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Chatsworth, CA

This piece is an original etching from "Le Chef- d’Œuvre Inconnu" by Pablo Picasso, which was created in 1927 and published in 1931. It is hand signed and numbered 7/99 in red brush ...

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Mid-20th Century Old Masters Animal Prints

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Etching

Hercule et le Taureau, from "Le Temple des Muses" by B. Picart
Hercule et le Taureau, from "Le Temple des Muses" by B. Picart

Hercule et le Taureau, from "Le Temple des Muses" by B. Picart

By Bernard Picart

Located in Roma, IT

Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the fight of Hercules against Achelous in the shape of a bull. Beautiful plate with very fresh impression, from the volume “L...

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1740s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Picador et Taureau, from "Le Carmen des Carmen"

Picador et Taureau, from "Le Carmen des Carmen"

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Los Angeles, CA

From the rare deluxe signed edition of 30 apart from the unsigned book edition of 245 Signed in green crayon lower right, numbered in pencil lower left

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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Le Repos du Sculpteur devant des Chevaux et un Taureau
Le Repos du Sculpteur devant des Chevaux et un Taureau

Le Repos du Sculpteur devant des Chevaux et un Taureau

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Oakland Hills, CA

Created in 1933, this original etching is from the edition of 260. This piece is hand signed by Pablo Picasso (Malaga, 1881 - Mougins, 1973) in pencil in the lower right margin. It i...

Picasso, Le Taureau Noir (Bloch 446)

Picasso, Le Taureau Noir (Bloch 446)

By Pablo Picasso

Located in New York, NY

Lithograph (wash drawing on zinc) Printer's proof outside the edition of 50 Dated "Dimanche 20.4.47" in the plate, lower right Marina Picasso stamp and several pencil notations ("M89...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

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