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    Picasso Prints and Ceramics

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    9 October 2002

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    • Pablo Picasso
    Lot 16

    Pablo Picasso

    Pique (Rouge et Jaune) (B. 908; Ba. 1227Ba)

    Price realised

    GBP 20,315

    Estimate

    GBP 14,000 - GBP 16,000

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    Pablo Picasso
    Pique (Rouge et Jaune) (B. 908; Ba. 1227Ba)
    linocut in colours, 1959, signed in pencil, numbered 38/50 (there were also around twenty artist's proofs), published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, 1960, with margins, a thin band of mount-staining, two unobstrusive lines of surface abrasion into the upper right of the subject, otherwise generally in good condition, framed
    P. 530 x 639mm., S. 620 x 750mm.

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    Lot Essay

    Initially, in the early 1950's, Picasso was content to use linocuting to produce quick, cheap posters advertising exhibitons and bullfights in Vallauris. However he soon realised that the technique was capable of much more, and between 1958 and 1962 completely transformed the medium. Here he uses it to obtain broad, flat areas of colour and sweeping curves that could not be obtained in any other medium.

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    No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis


    Pre-Lot Text

    PROPERTY OF MR. AND MRS. GUY HEYTENS

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