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La colombe
Details
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
La colombe
lithograph, on Arches paper, 1949, signed in pencil, numbered 32⁄50 (there were also five artist’s proofs), with full margins, framed
Image: 21 ½ x 27 ½ in. (547 x 698 mm.)
Sheet: 22 ¼ x 30 in. (564 x 762 mm.)
La colombe
lithograph, on Arches paper, 1949, signed in pencil, numbered 32⁄50 (there were also five artist’s proofs), with full margins, framed
Image: 21 ½ x 27 ½ in. (547 x 698 mm.)
Sheet: 22 ¼ x 30 in. (564 x 762 mm.)
Literature
Bloch 583; Mourlot 141
Further details
Fernand Mourlot, whose Imprimerie printed and published the great majority of Picasso's lithographs, describes La Colombe in his catalogue raisonné in the following terms:
'The composition is one of the most beautiful lithos ever produced; the mellowness obtained in the plumage...is absolutely remarkable. This plate gets the maximum of what can be obtained with litho ink utilized in wash drawing.' (F. Mourlot, Picasso Lithographs, Paris, 1970, p. 123).
'The composition is one of the most beautiful lithos ever produced; the mellowness obtained in the plumage...is absolutely remarkable. This plate gets the maximum of what can be obtained with litho ink utilized in wash drawing.' (F. Mourlot, Picasso Lithographs, Paris, 1970, p. 123).
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