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La Suite des Saltimbanques stands at a pivotal point in Picasso's artistic career. It marks the end of the melancholic 'Blue' period, and the start of the 'Rose', and deals with themes of great importance to the young artist - the theatre, the circus, and the bohemian life of those who exist on the periphery of society. Picasso was taught etching in 1904 by his friend Ricardo Canal, shortly after he moved to Montmartre. His almost effortless mastery of the medium is apparent with his first attempt - the seminal Repas Frugal. It was followed by other plates, on the theme of the Saltimbanques, the travelling actors and acrobats who had toured France for centuries, and whom Picasso encountered on the Place des Invalides. Many commentators, including John Richardson, see an intimate connection between Picasso's visual subject matter and the poetry of Guillaume Apollinaire. 'Although there is no evidence that any collaboration was envisaged, the series of thirteen engravings - mostly Saltimbanques- that Picasso began towards the end of 1904 look as if they were intended as illustrations to Apollinaires's poems of the period.' (J. Richardson, A life of Picasso, London, 1991, p.334) The suite was printed in a small edition by Eugene Delâtre, and offered for sale by the dealer Clovis Sagot. Like the other great series of a few years previously, the Elles portfolio by Toulouse-Lautrec, initial demand was poor. In 1913 fifteen plates were bought by the dealer Ambroise Vollard, who had them steel-faced by Louis Fort in order that he could print an edition of 250, and 27 or 29 on Japon. The present set, offered here individually, is from the edition on Japon.

Pablo Picasso (1881-1974)

Le Repas frugal: Plate I from La Suite des Saltimbanques (Bloch 1; Baer 2 II2b)

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Pablo Picasso (1881-1974)
Le Repas frugal: Plate I from La Suite des Saltimbanques (Bloch 1; Baer 2 II2b)
etching with drypoint, 1904, on Japon with wirelines, a very good impression, from the de luxe edition of only 27 or 29 after steel-facing (there were also 250 impressions on van Gelder), published by A. Vollard, Paris, 1913, with margins, generally in very good condition
P. 462 x 378mm., S. 596 x 466mm.

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