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Classical Modernism Picasso, Pablo
Portrait de famille.
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243
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Classical Modernism Picasso, Pablo
Portrait de famille.
See original version (German)
Estimate €3,500 - €4,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Classical Modernism
Picasso, Pablo
Portrait de famille. 1962. Lithograph on Arches-Velin (with watermark). 49.5 x 64.7 cm (56 x 76 cm). Signed in red coloured pencil. Mounted at a few points on the reverse of the passe-partout. – Slightly unevenly browned; small, pale brown stain at the top centre left and bottom centre left on the very edge; slight crease marks at the top and bottom centre; a small tear (approx. 0.9 cm) in the centre of the left margin, occasional slight handling marks, isolated pale brown or black spots on the reverse, small mounting residues in the lower corners; overall in very good condition. A magnificent, vigorous and wonderfully chalky print with margins, featuring the artist’s margin at the top and bottom.
Güse/Rau 748. Bloch 1029. – To date, only 9 copies are known to exist; ours is one of the very rare signed prints. - Sheet 1 of the 6-part series. - In Mougins near Cannes, between 21 June and 6 July 1962, Picasso created a series of lithographs and linocuts on the theme of ‘Portrait de Famille’. His repeated reworking of the composition shows just how deeply the subject matter preoccupied him. His inspiration was a 1806 drawing of the Forestier family by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, which Picasso had seen at the Louvre. His print depicts Ingres’s fiancée, Julie Forestier, with her parents. Picasso radically repositioned the figures in his print and invented an entirely different narrative. Whilst Ingres places his fiancée at the centre of the picture, where she is flanked on either side by her seated parents, Picasso places the elderly couple in this central position, whilst the young woman at the right-hand edge of the picture gazes into the darkness on the left. Taking Ingres as his creative source, he follows his guiding principle: ‘A good artist copies; a very good one steals’.
Lithograph on Arches wove paper (with watermark). Signed in red with a coloured pencil. Spot-mounted to the back of the mat. - Slightly uneven browning; small, faint brown stain on the upper middle left and lower middle at the outermost edge; slight crease mark at the upper and lower middle; small marginal tear on the left (approx. 0.9 cm); isolated slight signs of handling, isolated faint brown or black stain on the reverse, small traces of mounting in the lower corners; all in all, very good condition. Splendid, rich and wonderfully chalk-like impression with margins and deckle edges at the top and bottom. - Only 9 copies are known; ours is one of the very rare signed copies. - Sheet 1 from the 6-part series. - In Mougins, near Cannes, Picasso created a series of lithographs and linocuts on the theme of ‘Portrait de Famille’ between 21 June and 6 July 1962. His repeated reworking of the composition shows just how deeply the subject matter preoccupied him. His inspiration was an 1806 drawing of the Forestier family by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, which Picasso had seen at the Louvre. Ingres’s drawing depicts his fiancée, Julie Forestier, with her parents. In his print, Picasso radically repositioned the figures and invented an entirely different narrative. Whilst Ingres places his fiancée at the centre of the image, flanked on both sides by her seated parents, Picasso places the older couple in this central position, whilst the young woman at the right-hand edge of the image gazes into the darkness on the left. Taking Ingres as his creative inspiration, he follows his guiding principle: a good artist copies, a great artist steals.
*This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard margin scheme. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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