Lot 88
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Pablo Picasso
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Pablo Picasso

Peintre travaillant, from Le Chef-d'Oeuvre inconnu (B. 89; Ba. 130b2; cf. Cramer books 20)

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Pablo Picasso
Peintre travaillant, from Le Chef-d'Oeuvre inconnu (B. 89; Ba. 130b2; cf. Cramer books 20)
etching, 1927-28, on wove paper, from the set of thirteen, signed in pen and brown ink (slightly faded), numbered 49/99, from the separate suite (the book edition was 340), published by A. Vollard, Paris, 1931, with margins, a deckle edge at the bottom and right, some pale time- staining, otherwise generally in good condition, framed
P. 194 x 277mm., S. 380 x 500mm.
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Lot Essay

Picasso was an extremely keen student of other painters' work, and he would often quote from or refer to them in his compositions. He also loved riddles. In this composition we see Picasso painting his version of Manet's masterpiece, with a figure very much like Manet in the centre of the canvas watching him do it.

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