Vénus et l’Amour, d’après Cranach

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An original Pablo Picasso aquatint & drypoint print.

(Venus and Love, after Cranach)

May 30, 1949

Original aquatint, burin and drypoint printed in black ink on heavy Rives wove paper.

Signed with the artist’s signature stamp in the margin lower right Picasso.

A superb impression of Baer’s sixth and final state, from the edition of 50, printed after the steelfacing of the plate, numbered in pencil in the margin lower left, printed sometime between 1975 and 1977 at the Atelier Aldo Crommelynck (there were 15 additional épreuves d’artiste), published in 1979 by the Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.

Catalog: Bloch 1835; Baer 876.VI.B.a

30 7/8 x 16 7/8 inches

Sheet Size: 39 ¼ x 23 ½ inches

Picasso was inspired by a postcard sent to him by the gallerist Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1884-1979). The card showed the painting “Vénus et l’Amour”, which is now in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin. Picasso greatly admired Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) and decidedly preferred him to the Italian Renaissance painters.
 
Between 1975 and 1977, the Galerie Louise Leiris had an edition of 50 impressions printed at the Atelier Crommelynck, which was published in 1979.