PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

La Minotauromachie

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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
La Minotauromachie
etching and engraving with scraper
1935
on Montval laid paper
a fine, rich and atmospheric impression of this highly important print
Baer's seventh, final state
published by the artist, Paris
the full sheet, in very good condition
Plate 49,5 x 69,2 cm. (19 1⁄3 x 27 ¼ in.)
Sheet 57 x 77,6 cm. (22 ½ x 30 ½ in.)
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Marina Picasso (b. 1950), Paris; by descent from the above.
Galerie Jan Krugier & Cie., Geneva; on commission from the above.
Acquired from the above after 1976; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
G. Bloch, Picasso - Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié 1904-1967, Bern, 1968, p. 286, no. 288, p. 88 (another impression ill.).
B. Baer, Picasso - Peintre-Graveur, Bern, 1986, vol. III, no. 573 B.c.5., p. 24 (another impression ill.).
Exhibited
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Picasso - Der blinde Minotaurus - Die Sammlung Hegewisch in der Hamburger Kunsthalle, February 1997, pp. 50-51 (ill.) & 84.
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Verhext - Phantastische Graphik aus der Sammlung Hegewisch, November 1997 - March 1998 (no cat.).
Oslo, Munchmuseet, Pablo Picasso - Den blinde Minotaurus - grafikk og tegning, November 2002 - February 2003 (no cat.).
Hamburg, Ernst Barlach Haus - Stiftung Hermann F. Reemtsma, Picasso - Der Stier und das Mädchen - Meisterblätter aus der Sammlung Hegewisch, June - October 2010, p. 114, no. 27 (ill.).
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Mit dem inneren Auge sehen - Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Hegewisch, September 2016 - January 2017, no. 30, pp. 64-65 (ill.) & 77.

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