Pablo Picasso “La Corrida” (After)

1956

The Vulture is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.6 x 8 inches, unsigned as issued, and framed in a contemporary silver and gray moulding. One of about 36 prints that exist with Picasso's remarqued title in French, from the edition of 262 (there were 226 portfolios, some with additional sets on varying papers). Catalogue - Cramer #37 The exceptional etchings from Picasso’s Histoire Naturelle – Textes de Buffon are a masterful combination of sugar-lift aquatint and drypoint, showcasing a full range of gray tonalities. The etchings of animals, birds and insects are considered some of the most beautiful and most unusual examples of Picasso’s graphic work. Roger Lacourière, Picasso’s master printer, pulled the prints for each etching between 1939-1942. It was Lacourière who taught Picasso the sugar-lift aquatint technique which allowed him to mimic the effect of brushstrokes in these etched images. Picasso first explored the technique in his plates for the Vollard Suite, but it was in the creation of the Buffon images that he fully realized its stunning, painterly potential. For the edition, 226 portfolios were produced with the first thirty-six counting as deluxe compilations. These rare deluxe sets were on diverse papers (chine, japon or vergé ancien) and each included a complete additional suite showing Picasso’s title remarques along the bottom. As such, the remarqued versions of the prints are quite rare with just thirty-six of each produced for the edition (with the exception of The Wolf which is never remarqued – the image always fills the entire etching plate). These prints are based on the writings of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, who extensively documented the natural world in his monumental work Histoire Naturelle. Picasso’s association with the project to illustrate parts of the Buffon came during a tumultuous time in European history – the prelude to, and early years of, World War II. As the continent was ravaged, Picasso lived through the disaster in Paris, which the Germans occupied in 1940. These prints could be seen as a political statement – Picasso channeling his artistic expression into a form of resistance art...

Autumn by American artist Stephen McMillan presents a sweeping view of the vineyards of Sonoma County at the height of the fall season. The composition unfolds across a broad panoram...

Seascape with boat, West from Taylor Dock, Bellingham, WA. Signed and titled by the artist, one of 25 artist proofs aside from the edition. Born in Berkeley, California, on December...

Foggy scene in a forest, inspired by landscape near Bellingham, WA. Signed and numbered etching and aquatint, signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 120. Born in Berkeley, ...

Artist: Christian Fossier, French (1943 - 2013) Title: Untitled II Year: 1971 Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 128/150 Image Size: 21 x 28.5 inch...

Artist: Enrico Baj, Italian (1924 - 2003) Title: Baj Chez Picasso 2 Year: 1969 Medium: Aquatint Etching, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 86/100 Image Size: 15 x 22 inches...

Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Dragon vert, Medium: Etching and aquatint, signed and numbered in pecnil, Edition: 14/50, Image Size: 10.5 x 8 inches, Size: 16.25 x 13 in. (41....

Artist: Will Barnet, American (1911 - 2012) Title: The Skaters Year: 1988 Medium: Etching and Aquatint, signed and dedicated in pencil Edition: Trial Proof...

Etching and aquatint in colours on wove paper Edition 73 of 250 + 30 AP's 73.7 x 106 cm (29 x 41.7 in) Excellent. Only visible on the reverse of the print under studio lighting, mino...

Jean-Baptiste VALADIE Reclining nude Original etching and aquatint Handsigned in pencil Limited /125 copies On vellum 50 x 65 cm (c. 20 x 26 in) Excellent condition