May 5, 2017 - May 16, 2017
Title: "La Toilette"
lithograph (crayon on stone) printed on tinted Van Gelder wove Paper, 1923, as signed in pencil by the artist, numbered 17/50 (there were 19 additional artist’s proofs numbered in Roman numerals, and thr
As recorded and illustrated in the standard texts on the artist by Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié, 4 vol. Berne: Kornfeld and Klipstein. 1968-1979. Bloch 65Mallen, Enrique, ed. Online Picasso Project. Sam Houston State University.1997-2016. (23:051)Spies, Werner, ed. Picassos Welt der Kinder (KunstsammlungNordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 9 September - 3 Dezember, 1995; StaatsgalerieStuttgart, 16 Dezember - 10 März, 1996). New York: Prestel. 1996. (Spies 76)Weisner, Ulrich, ed. Picassos Klassizismus: Werke 1914-1934(Kunsthalle, Bielefeld, 17 April - 31 Juli, 1988). Stuttgart: Cantz. 1988. (84)Provenance ; Buchholz Gallery, USA.
Comments: In the summer of 1918, Picasso married Olga Khokhlova, a ballerina with Sergei Diaghilev's troupe, for whom Picasso was designing a ballet. Their first child, Paulo, was born in 1921 and the artist gloried in being a father for the first time. This is part of a series of lithographs made when Paulo was about 2 years of age. The woman depicted does not resemble Olga but the idea of fatherhood and children doubtless provoked the making of this and it’s companion works.
Quite scarce in the market in recent years.
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sheet: 10 3/4 by 8 1/8 in (27 by 20.4 cm.)
In very good condition with full margins. Additional and larger photos and more information may often be available in our main site catalog.
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