Sale: 528 / Modern Art, June 11. 2022 in Munich Lot 469

 

469
Pablo Picasso
Le Banderillero, 1959.
Linocut in colors
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 27,000
Sold:
€ 112,500 / $ 121,500

(incl. surcharge)
Le Banderillero. 1959.
Linocut in colors.
Baer 1225 IV B a (of IV B b). Bloch 940. Signed and numbered. From an edition of 50 copies. On Arches wove paper (with watermark). 53.4 x 66.3 cm (21 x 26.1 in). Sheet: 62,3 x 75,1 cm (24,5 x 29,5 in).
Printed by Arnéra. Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris 1960. [AR].
• In the late 1950s Picasso discovered the linocut and helped it to new recognition.
• Picasso was very fond of the idea of printing in different colors from several plates.
• Picasso was fascinated by bullfight throughout his life, the subject can be found in ever new variations and constellations in his creation
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PROVENANCE: Galerie Michael Hertz, Bremen.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (until 2013).
Private collection (since 2013, inherited from the above).




469
Pablo Picasso
Le Banderillero, 1959.
Linocut in colors
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 27,000
Sold:
€ 112,500 / $ 121,500

(incl. surcharge)