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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2016 | LA SUITE VOLLARD | Sotheby's | New York | ||||
Prints & Multiples
38.7 x 50.5 cm (15.24 x 19.88 in)
the exceptionally rare complete set of 100 etchings, aquatints and drypoints from the deluxe edition of 50 on the large format Montval laid paper
The proprietary watermark
Roger Lacourière (the artist's printer)
Mme. Roger Lacourière (acquired by descent from the above)
Bouquinerie de l’Institut, Paris (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above on March 7, 2003
Hans Bolliger, Picasso's Vollard Suite, London, 1956, nos. 1-100, another set illustrated↵Georges Bloch, Pablo Picasso, catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié, 1904-1967, Bern, 1971, vol. I, nos. 134-233, another set illustrated pp. 56-75↵Brigitte Baer & Bernard Geiser, Picasso peintre-graveur, Bern, 1986, nos. 192, 195, 201-210, 258, 296-98, 300-05, 307-09, 316-32, 338, 340-56, 363-69, 378, 380, 384, 385, 404-44, 609, 617-19, another set illustrated n.p.↵Picasso Harlequin, 1917-1937 (exhibition catalogue), Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, 2008-09, another set illustrated pp.285-311↵Stephen Coppel, ed., Picasso Prints: The Vollard Suite, London, 2012, nos. 1-100, another set illustrated pp. 44-181↵↵In addition to the complete set of La Suite Vollard, this lot includes the following work:↵Pablo Picasso↵Portrait de Vollard, I (Bloch 1332; Baer 620)↵Etching and aquatint, 1937, one of a few impressions printed by Frélaut in 1960.↵plate: 34.5 by 24.6cm., 13 1/2 by 9 3/4 in. ↵sheet: 42 by 32.5cm., 16 1/2 by 12 3/4 in.
The exceptionally rare complete set of 100 etchings, aquatints and drypoints from the deluxe edition of 50 on the large format Montval laid paper with the proprietary watermark, some very fine impressions printing with considerable burr and plate tone↵Each horizontal sheet: approx. 15 1/4 by 19 7/8 in. 38.7 by 50.5 cm↵Each vertical sheet: approx. 19 7/8 by 15 1/4 in. 50.5 by 38.7 cm↵Executed in 1930-37.
