Taureau et Picador

Pablo Picasso
Taureau et Picador
Original Linocut
1959

Original linocut printed in three colors (brown, black, beige) from one block on wove paper bearing the “ARCHES” watermark.
Hand-signed in pencil in the margin lower right Picasso.

Image: 20 3/4 x 25 3/16 inches
Framed size: 34 3/8 x 38 1/4 x 2 inches

1959

A superb artist’s proof impression of Geiser/Baer’s second and final state, apart from the numbered edition of 50 (one of 20 such signed proofs reserved for the artist and the publisher), annotated in pencil in the margin lower left. Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, 1960: printed by Hidalgo Arnéra, Vallauris.

Catalog: Bloch 910