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The sources of inspiration acting upon Picasso in the seven months during the creation of the 347 series were varied and highly complex. Television, perhaps surprisingly, provided one of the most direct sources for many of the compositions. Working with the television next to him (he followed closely the unfolding events of 1968 in Paris and Spain), several major themes and many minor threads evolved through something seen on the screen: On the 15th april, Marcel Cerné's famous film Les Enfants du Paradis was shown..the same day appeared a print, engraved during the program, showing two women not usually portrayed by Picasso: the woman with the collar is Arletty in the role of Garance, and the woman with the scarf is Maria Casarès as Natalie, the suffering housewife. (C'est dimanche, c'est la fête', Picasso, les 347, Collection Jean Planque, Brigitte Baer, Musée Jenisch, Vevey, 2001, p. 36)

Pablo Picasso

Scène Mythologique, from Séries 347 (B. 1535; Ba. 1551 Bb1)

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Pablo Picasso
Scène Mythologique, from Séries 347 (B. 1535; Ba. 1551 Bb1)
etching, 1968, on Rives paper, signed in pencil, numbered 29/50 (there were also 17 artist's proofs), published by Galerie L. Leiris, Paris, 1969, with wide margins, a deckle edge below, in very good condition
P. 281 x 389 mm., S. 454 x 544 mm.

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