Picasso Artwork Suite Vollard Cubisian LE 300/390

Description

Picasso Artwork  21 x 25 overall size.
Femme nue assise, la tête appuyée sur la main (from La Suite Vollard)
mage: 10.875 x 7.875; Sheet: 16.75 x 13.25
Signature: Bears the inscription in pencil 375 21 lower left sheet; printed in reverse in plate Paris 9 Mars XXXIV upper right image
Published by A. Vollard, Paris
Edition: From the edition of 390

provenance: Ambroise Vollard Estate, Paris, France;Baron Henri Petiet, Paris, France (acquired directly from the above);Th
La Suite Vollard by Pablo Picasso, a series of etchings created between 1930-37, stands as a monumental achievement in the artist’s oeuvre. This collection encompasses themes of the Minotaur, the artist and his model, and the classical figure of the sculptor, showcasing Picasso’s mastery over the etching medium and his deep engagement with classical and personal mythologies.

Cubism, a refracted vision of three-dimensional reality painted on a two-dimensional canvas was developed by Picasso and the French artist Georges Braque (1882–1963). It was not the only seismic shift in art making that occurred in Paris in the early years of the twentieth century; Henri Matisse and Marcel Duchamp, among others, were likewise expanding the definition of painting, sculpture, ceramics and printmaking, but it was the seminal revolution of early 20th century art