La Plongeuse

Details

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
La Plongeuse
etching, on red cloth, 1932, signed, dated and inscribed 'pour Madame Zervos, Picasso, Paris le 17 fevrier XXXVI' in pencil on the Arches support, a proof aside from the edition of 100 (there was also an edition of twelve with wide margins), printed by Lacourière, 1936, the support slightly toned, otherwise in good condition, framed
Image: 5 3/8 x 4 3/8 in. (137 x 111 mm.)
Sheet: 13 x 9 7/8 in. (330 x 251 mm.)

Provenance

Christian and Yvonne Zervos, Paris

Literature

Bloch 1322; Baer 277

Lot Essay

Picasso began the plate for La Plongeuse in 1932 and gifted it to Christian Zervos in 1936 for a special edition Cahiers d'Art. Baer notes that Picasso and Zervos's wife Yvonne were most likely present while Lacourière was printing the initial proofs and Picasso borrowed Yvonne's handkerchief for a test. While examples from the edition were printed on Arches with the addition of colored papers and scraps of fabric, the current lot is the only known proof printed entirely on fabric (see Baer 277B.a). For examples from the edition, see Christie's October 2018 lots 152 and 153.

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