Pablo Picasso Malaga 1881 - Mougins 1973
Woman in hat and oeillet, with man enturbanne, clown, putto at spectateur
Etching, 17.4 x 26.2 cm, r. and signed in pencil. Picasso, l. and number 37/50, r. o. in the plate reversed dated 3.8.68.I, mounted at two points on the upper edge, framed under glass. - WVZ: Bloch 1716. - From the series 347. - With a tremendous effort, the 87-year-old Picasso created the series "347" in 1968, named after the number of its sheets. He himself saw it as proof of the creative potential of figuration compared to conceptual art. The artist shows his mastery not only in his unbroken drawing confidence, but also in his virtuoso mastery of a wide variety of printing techniques. This tremendous productivity was also made possible by the fact that the printer Crommelynck had installed a workshop in Picasso"s house in Mougins. - Universal genius, one of the most important artists in art history, who has made groundbreaking achievements in almost all artistic genres, in the most important collections around the world.