Deux Buveurs catalans, plate 12 from La Suite Vollard

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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Deux Buveurs catalans, plate 12 from La Suite Vollard
etching, on Montval paper watermark Picasso, 1934, signed in pencil, from the edition of 260 (there was also an edition of 50 with wider margins), published by A. Vollard, Paris, 1939, with full margins, some pale light-staining, in generally very good condition, framed
Image: 9 ¼ x 11 ¾ in. (235 x 298 mm.)
Sheet: 13 ¼ x 17 3/8 in. (337 x 441 mm.)

Literature

Bloch 228; Baer 442

Lot Essay

It is said that the two figures are meant to represent a young prototype of Picasso himself, seated with a prototype of Rembrandt. A few decades later, David Hockney created an etching based on this print where he is seated opposite Picasso.

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