Pablo Picasso - Buffon

Pablo Picasso Buon 32 original 1942 etchings

Picasso's Buffon is one of the greatest bestiaries of the twentieth century.

1 Le Cheval £4500

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Pablo Picasso Buffon's Histoire Naturelle

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2 Le Coq £2750

Pablo Picasso Buffon's Histoire Naturelle

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3 La Puce £7500

Pablo Picasso Buffon's Histoire Naturelle The suite on offer here is from the rare de tête edition of 36 copies only, printed on chine with additional remarques by Picasso. La Puce (The Flea, opposite) is only found in this edition.

Picasso's Buffon is one of the greatest bestiaries of the twentieth century.

In his illustrations for Buffon's Histoire Naturelle we encounter the visionary Picasso. He began these etchings in 1936 at the request of the publisher Ambroise Vollard, who sadly did not live to see their completion (he died in a road accident in 1939). Picasso had just met the printer Roger Lacourière, who introduced him to the technique of the li-ground or sugar-li aquatint.

Picasso's technical accomplishments cannot be overemphasised. He was eager to test out this new printing method which involves coating a copper plate covered in a ground (an acid resistant protection such as wax or resin) with a sugar-water solution, working the plate with aquatint, and then soaking the plate to dissolve the sugar-water solution through the ground and lighten the surface of the

plate. is technique enables the artist to work in a much wider range of greys rather than the prescriptive black and white of the standard etching.

Picasso completed an etching a day. e spontaneity of the plates is attested by the freehand margins, the rapidly drawn line and the use of fingerprints for textural variety. e bestiary was finally published by Martin Fabiani in 1942. Picasso did not sign the etchings, but each edition came with a justification page, a copy of which will accompany your print.

32 original etchings, drypoints and liground aquatints by Picasso published

by Martin Fabiani in Paris in 1942 and printed by Roger Lacourière. is de tête edition of 36 only on Chine with remarques. Main edition 226. Paper size is 36 x 27.5 cm. We have one copy only of these prints.

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4 L'Ane £3750

BUFFON | 9

5 Le Cerf (La Biche) £3750

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6 L'Autruche £4500

BUFFON | 11

7 La Lione £3750

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8 L'Aigle Blanc £2750

9 L'Araignée £2750

10 La Grenouille £2750

11 Le Taureau £3500

BUFFON | 13

12 Le Bélier £2750

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13 Le Chardonneret £2750

BUFFON | 15

14 Le Chat £3750

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15 L'Épervier £2750

16 La Libellule £2750

17 L'Abeille £1950

18 Le Lézard £1950

BUFFON | 17

19 La Mère Poule £3750

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20 La Chèvre £3750

BUFFON | 19

21 La Sauterelle ÂŁ2750

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22 Le Chien £3750

BUFFON | 21

23 Le Crapaud ÂŁ2750

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24 Le Vautour £2750

25 La Guêpe £1950

26 Le Papillon £2750

27 La Langouste £1950

BUFFON | 23

28 Le Dindon ÂŁ3750

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29 Le Loup £3750

BUFFON | 25

30 Le Pigeon £2750

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31 Le Toro Espagnol £4500

Pablo Picasso Buffon's Histoire Naturelle e suite on offer here is from the rare de tête edition of 36 copies only printed on Chine with additional remarques by Picasso. La Puce (e Flea, No 3) is only found in this edition. We have one copy only of these prints.

32 original etchings, drypoints and liground aquatints by Picasso published

by Martin Fabiani in Paris in 1942 and printed by Roger Lacourière. Main edition of 226. Paper size 36 x 27.5 cm.

Framed size is 62 x 50 cm.

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32 Le Singe ÂŁ2750

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