PABLO PICASSO Spanish, 1881-1973
Two Women by the Window | Deux femmes près de la fenêtre, 1959
Original Hand Signed Linocut in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 62 x 75 cm. / 24.4 x 29.5 in.
Image size: 53.2 x 64.2 cm. / 20.9 x 25.3 in.
Image size: 53.2 x 64.2 cm. / 20.9 x 25.3 in.
This original linocut in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Picasso" at the lower right margin.
It is hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 50, at the lower left margin. There were approximately 20 artist’s proofs aside from the standard edition.
It was printed by Hidalgo Arnéra, Vallauris in 1959 and published by Galerie L. Leiris, Paris in 1960.
The paper bears the Arches watermark in the upper margin.
The title of this work is as recorded in the catalogue raisonné by Georges Bloch; it is also known as "Le matin - Deux femmes au réveil" [The Morning - Two Women Awakening].
Provenance: Private Collection, Toronto
Heffel Fine Art Auction House, October 26, 2002, lot 35.
Literature: 1. Bloch, G. (1968). Pablo Picasso: Tome I, Catalogue of the Printed Graphic Work 1904-67, Bern: Editions Kornfeld et Klipstein.
Reference: Bloch 924
2. Baer, B. (1992). Picasso: Peintre-Graveur, Tome II, Catalogue Raisonne de l'OEuvre Grave. Bern: Editions Kornfeld.
Reference: Baer 1252
Condition: Very good condition. A pale band of time-staining along the extreme sheet edges.
It is hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 50, at the lower left margin. There were approximately 20 artist’s proofs aside from the standard edition.
It was printed by Hidalgo Arnéra, Vallauris in 1959 and published by Galerie L. Leiris, Paris in 1960.
The paper bears the Arches watermark in the upper margin.
The title of this work is as recorded in the catalogue raisonné by Georges Bloch; it is also known as "Le matin - Deux femmes au réveil" [The Morning - Two Women Awakening].
Provenance: Private Collection, Toronto
Heffel Fine Art Auction House, October 26, 2002, lot 35.
Literature: 1. Bloch, G. (1968). Pablo Picasso: Tome I, Catalogue of the Printed Graphic Work 1904-67, Bern: Editions Kornfeld et Klipstein.
Reference: Bloch 924
2. Baer, B. (1992). Picasso: Peintre-Graveur, Tome II, Catalogue Raisonne de l'OEuvre Grave. Bern: Editions Kornfeld.
Reference: Baer 1252
Condition: Very good condition. A pale band of time-staining along the extreme sheet edges.
$ 30,000.00 Unframed
