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'..in a discipline reputed to hamper improvisation, rules never seemed to apply to him, nor even curb his spontaneity...He relished technique, reinvented it, took daring and unexpected short cuts, inverting methods and tools.' (Piero Crommelynck, Picasso, Les 347, Cabinet Cantonal Des Estampes - Musée Jenisch - Vevey, 2001.) The visual richness of La Suite 347 derives from Picasso's skill in adapting techniques in order to complement the mood of each scene. The drama of the following kidnapping scenes is made darker and more mysterious by a technique Picasso invented specifically for the series: by dissolving the protective ground on the plate with the use of a piece of cotton soaked in petrol, he was able to freely create and modulate large areas of tone and highlights which could be printed after a single biting of the plate.

Pablo Picasso

Enlèvement, from Séries 347 (B. 1701; Ba. 1717 Bb1)

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Pablo Picasso
Enlèvement, from Séries 347 (B. 1701; Ba. 1717 Bb1)
etching, 1968, on wove, signed in pencil, numbered 31/50 (there were also 17 artist's proofs), published by Galerie L. Leiris, Paris, 1969, with wide margins, a deckle edge at right, in very good condition
P. 315 x 315 mm., S. 493 x 453 mm.

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