PICASSO, PABLO

PICASSO, PABLO
Au Cirque: Aerobates, Girafe, Nageuses... from "Series 347",
Medium:etching,
Signature:signed in pencil by the artist
EditInfo:numbered 47/50 (edition included seventeen artist's proofs),
PubPrinter:as published by Galerie Louis Leiris, Paris,
Date:1968
StateInfo:
Size:
Condition:In very fine condition, the full margins, two acid free hinges top edge.
Literature:Recorded and illustrated in the standard catalog on the graphics of the artist by Bloch, No. 1504; also Baer, 1520.
Provenance:
Comments:This work has 13 figures.The circus was a popular subject among artists of the Paris school in the early part of the twentieth century, and for Picasso, one of the first subjects he illustrated in printmaking and painting. The circus was understood by writers and artists of the time to be a visual metaphor for life in general and artists such as Severini, Rouault, Chagall, Duchamp, Villon and others visited the theme frequently in their work.
Sheet Size:
Plate Size:(plate-image) 12 1/2 by 16 1/8 in. (31.5 by 41.5 cm.)
Nationality:Spanish 1891-1973
Framing:Sold unframed