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La Femme à la fenêtre
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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
La Femme à la fenêtre
aquatint
1952
on ARCHES wove paper
signed in pencil, numbered 3⁄50 and dedicated Pour Monsieur Stern
a very fine, rich and tonal impression of the second, final state
printed by Lacourière, published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
the full sheet, in very good condition
Plate 83,2 x 47,3 cm. (32 ¾ x 18 5⁄8 in.)
Sheet 90 x 63,5 cm. (35 1⁄3 x 25 in.)
La Femme à la fenêtre
aquatint
1952
on ARCHES wove paper
signed in pencil, numbered 3⁄50 and dedicated Pour Monsieur Stern
a very fine, rich and tonal impression of the second, final state
printed by Lacourière, published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
the full sheet, in very good condition
Plate 83,2 x 47,3 cm. (32 ¾ x 18 5⁄8 in.)
Sheet 90 x 63,5 cm. (35 1⁄3 x 25 in.)
Provenance
Oscar Stern (1882-1961), Stockholm; a gift from the artist; then by descent; his posthumous sale, Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, 30 May 1964, lot 394.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
G. Bloch, Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographé 1904-1967, Bern, 1968, vol. I, no. 695, pp. 159-160 (another impression ill.).
B. Baer, Picasso – Peintre-Graveur, Bern, 1990, vol. IV, no. 891 II.B.b) (another impression ill.).
J. Sliwka, Reframed – The Woman in the Window, London, 2022, pp. 70 - 73 (another impression ill.)
G. Utley, 'Francoise Gilot – Picasso Postwar: New Life, New Art, New Love', in: K. Beisiegel (ed.), Picasso – The Artist and his Muses, London, 2016, p. 124 (another impression ill.)
B. Baer, Picasso – Peintre-Graveur, Bern, 1990, vol. IV, no. 891 II.B.b) (another impression ill.).
J. Sliwka, Reframed – The Woman in the Window, London, 2022, pp. 70 - 73 (another impression ill.)
G. Utley, 'Francoise Gilot – Picasso Postwar: New Life, New Art, New Love', in: K. Beisiegel (ed.), Picasso – The Artist and his Muses, London, 2016, p. 124 (another impression ill.)
Exhibited
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Picasso - The Blind Minotaur, 1997, p. 89 & 71 (ill.) (catalogue by Christoph Heinrich, with a contribution by Werner Spies).
Oslo, Munchmuseet, Pablo Picasso - Den blinde Minotaurus - grafikk og tegning, November 2002 - February 2003 (no cat.)
Oslo, Munchmuseet, Pablo Picasso - Den blinde Minotaurus - grafikk og tegning, November 2002 - February 2003 (no cat.)
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Tim Schmelcher
International Specialist