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"Few visitors came to disturb Picasso in this new-found hapiness in which the presence of Françoise Gilot was a factor of great importance. Earlier in the year he had made a series of lithographs, large in size and splendid in the precision of their line. They all showed the lovely oval of her face and her gleaming eyes; all were extraordinary true portraits and yet no two were alike. In the eleven portraits made on 14th and 15th June 1946 (ten in one day and the eleventh on the next) he had many different versions of her; he saw her as a woman or flower or the sun with her face as the source of light." Roland Penrose Picasso His Life and Work University of California Fresno 1981

PABLO PICASSO

Françoise (M. 38; not in B.)

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PABLO PICASSO
Françoise (M. 38; not in B.)
lithograph, 1946, on Arches, Mourlot's only state, Mourlot calls for three proofs, there was no edition, inscribed 'FM 6/6', 'M 38' and '38' in pencil on the reverse, with margins, time staining, staining along the left and lower margin edges, a few soft handling creases, otherwise in good condition, framed
L. 24¾ x 16¾ in. (628 x 424 mm.)
S. 25 3/8 x 19¾ in. (643 x 500 mm.)

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