They Voyeur Between Women With Carved (a nod to the Turkish Bath)
Original etching with scraper and burin printed in black ink on Montval laid paper.
Inscribed with the date in the flat (in reverse) lower right "Paris 10 Marz XXXIV." A richly printed printing of Geiser / Baer 's fifth and final state, printed the after the steelfacing of the platform, from the edition of 260 on this paper (there Were a further Top 50 impressions printed on Montval laid paper with margins WIDER, and three impressions printed on parchment). Plate 82 of 100 from the Vollard Suite. Published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1939, printed by Roger Lacourière, Paris.
Catalog: Bloch 219
Platemark: 8 3/4 x 12 3/8 inches
Sheet size: 13 3/8 x 17 5/8 inches
In superb condition, was printed sheet with full margins.
Literature: Brigitte Baer, Picasso the Printmaker: Graphics fgrom the Marina Picasso Collection, Dallas Museum of Art, 1983, no. 41, p. 79 (ill.), Brigitte Baer, Picasso The Engraver: Selections fromm the Picasso Museum, Paris, Thames and Hudson, 1997, cat. 59, p. 65 (ill.), Betsy G. Fryberger, Picasso Graphic Magician: Prints from the Norton Simon Museum, Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, London, 1998, no. 8.13, p. 126 (ill.); Emmanuel Benador, Picasso Printmaker: A Perpetual Metamorphosis, QCC Art Gallery, The City University of New York, Bayside, New York, 2008, no. 24, p. 61 (ill.).
This etching is one of the Most Beautiful, evocative and expressive subjects in The Whole of Picasso's famous Vollard Suite. The combination of the wonderful rhythmic flow of the narrative line, the extraordinary variations in the textures and the power of the theme make this a masterpiece in Picasso's series of compositions Sculptor's Studio. It Underlines historical position as one of the very greatest creative printmakers not only of the 20th century, purpose of the Whole history of the print.
"Source: Clarkfineart.com"
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