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Original woodblock an linoleum print / Linocut Print 27 - Bacchanal With Pair Of Lovers November 25, 1959. 1 block, * For Picasso, Linogravures, Unsigned. Nationality Spanish. By Artist Pablo Picasso: EXTREMELY RARE!!!! / Comes unframed. Image Size 12 3/4 x 10 1/2. This is an original Linocut book print. Printed in 1963 under the supervision of Picasso himself. All plates were destroyed after printing. The larger images were signed and numbered and both the smaller and the larger images were documented in various catalogs describing the artist's work. The items offered here are the lithographs most sought after by collectors. They are extraordinary in their creation, detail, and condition. They are regarded unconditionally as fine art and consistently appreciate in value. **Pablo Picasso Spanish, 1881-1973 Original Book Linocut, Edition Book Print. Gouge, scraper, and penknife. This print is from. The book, 1963, by Wilhelm Boeck, comprising 45 facsimile colour linocuts, with title-page. First published in Great Britain 1963, bound as issued in the original linen covered boards and slipcase, overall 325 x 393mm (12 3/4 x 15 1/2in) Limited Edition, unnumbered and unsigned. On heavy 300 lb Period Paper. These are the original 1962 linocuts and not the later reissues. This 50+ year old Item is rated Near Mint. Picasso worked in this medium extensively from 1958 to 1961. These lithographs were created for an unnumbered and unsigned limited edition in 1962. The Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris loaned Picasso's original linocuts for the creation of these lithographs. Picasso made many linocuts, a process that he found hugely stimulating. These linocuts were first issued in signed editions. Picasso invented the ‘reduction’ method, progressively cutting the same linoblock for each new colour, making it impossible to take any further prints from the original plates. In 1962, in collaboration with Picasso and Galerie Louise Leiris, new linoleum plates were made at 42% of the original size, and it was from these that the prints on offer here were made. Pablo Picasso’s long life (1881-1973). With his art fetching some of the highest prices ever seen at auction, books featuring his illustrations have also become highly collectible. However, the Picasso portfolio spreads far and wide, and it’s possible to find long out-of-print books showcasing his art and fascinating retrospectives. As arguably the most influential artist of the 20th century, he illustrated many books and countless books have been published detailing aspects of his art from his Blue and Rose Periods to Cubism and his later work took him around the globe. There are also numerous biographies about this man who is believed to have produced more than 50,000 pieces of art including paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, ceramics and tapestries. In the 1950s and 1960s, Picasso turned increasingly to the art of printmaking. All of the art is edited and chosen by us for its high quality and workmanship before posting. We are committed to enhancing our customer’s lives by discovering creating, and pointing out only the best art we can find in the world today. We Are Taste-Makers, Art Advisers, Consultants & Publishers Of Spectacular Art Stories. Our job is to be intermediaries between buyers and sellers. We are vetting for high end art patrons. We are determined to catalog the world's most exceptional art and share it with everyone.

The original woodblock and oleum print, also known as a linocut print, "Bacchanal With Pair Of Lovers" was created by the famous Spanish artist Pablo Picasso on November 25, 1959. The print was made using a single block, which was carved in reverse to create the image. This print was part of a larger series of linocut prints that Picasso created in the late 1950s and early 1960s. These prints were published in a portfolio called "Linogravures," which contained original linocut prints within a limited edition book. The "Bacchanal With Pair Of Lovers" print depicts a scene from Greek mythology, where Bacchus, the god of wine, is surrounded by revelers and a pair of lovers. The print is characterized by bold, simplified lines and a lively composition. Although the print is unsigned, it is widely attributed to Picasso due to its style and subject matter. Picasso was a prolific artist who worked in a variety of mediums throughout his career, and his linocut prints are highly sought after by collectors. Today, the "Bacchanal With Pair Of Lovers" print is held in numerous private and public collections around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso

Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, known as Pablo Picasso (Spanish: 25 October 1881 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer who spent most of his adult life in France. As one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, he is widely known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), and Guernica (1937), a portrayal of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. Picasso, Henri Matisse and Marcel Duchamp are commonly regarded as the three artists who most defined the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of the 20th century, responsible for significant developments in painting, sculpture, printmaking and ceramics. Picasso demonstrated extraordinary artistic talent in his early years, painting in a realistic manner through his childhood and adolescence. During the first decade of the 20th century, his style changed as he experimented with different theories, techniques, and ideas. His revolutionary artistic accomplishments brought him universal renown and immense fortune, making him one of the best-known figures in 20th-century art.