Lithograph. Signed and barely legibly inscribed "Épreuve d'artiste" in the lower left. Artist proof aside from the edition of 50 numbered copies. On Arches wove paper (with the watermark). 69.8 x 54.7 cm. Sheet: 75,9 x 56,2 cm.
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- Marvelous deep black print from the important series “Femme au fauteuil” (1948/49). - The work shows Picasso's muse Françoise Gilot. - Testimony to the artist's great love of experimentation. - Picasso's portraits of women are among the most 20th century's most famous works of art.
LITERATURE: Fernand Mourlot, Picasso. Lithograph, Paris 1970, cataloque raisonné no. 137/5 (illu. on p. 115). Georges Bloch, Pablo Picasso. Katalog des graphischen Werkes 1904-1967, vol. I, 4th ed., Bern 1984, no. 588/5 (illu. on p. 143).