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TITLE:
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The Old King/Le Vieux Roi
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WORK DATE:
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1963
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CATEGORY:
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Prints and Multiples
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MATERIALS:
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Linoleum Cut in Colours on Arches vellum paper
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EDITION/SET OF:
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42/160
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MARKINGS:
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This original linoleum cut is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Picasso" in the lower right margin.
It is also numbered in pencil "42/160" in the lower left margin.
It is dated in the plate at the upper right corner "14-26.1.1963" (14-26 January 1963)
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SIZE:
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h: 64 x w: 52.5 cm / h: 25.2 x w: 20.7 in
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STYLE:
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Contemporary
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DESCRIPTION:
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The work was was published by La Patriote, Nice and printed by Arnera, Vallauris in 1963 in a limited edition of 160 signed and numbered impressions. There were a further 30 artists proofs made.
The paper bears the Arches watermark.
In the 1950/60s Picasso reverts to the previously disregarded technique of linocut. The painter introduces the colour in the principally black and white graphics and produces six plates, one for each colour. This linocut shows a colourful and ornamental variation of 'Le Vieux Roi', a well known subject of Picasso's later works.
Excellent Condition. Colours are vivid and fresh.
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LITERATURE:
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Bloch, Georges. 1975. Pablo Picasso: Tome I, Catalogue de l'oeuvre Grave et Lithographie 1904-1967, edition Kornfeld et Klipstein, Berne. Reference: Bloch 1152
Baer, Brigitte. 1994. Picasso: Peintre-Graveur, Tome V, Catalogue Raisonne de l'OEuvre Grave et des Monotypes, 1959-1965, Editions Kornfeld, Berne. Baer 1338.
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