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Property from a Private Collector, New York Pablo Picasso La femme à la fenêtre 1952-3 Aquatint and etching, on Arches paper, with full margins (deckle on right and left), I. 32 3/4 x 18 5/8 in. (83.2 x 47.3 cm); S. 35 3/8 x 25 in. (89.9 x 63.5 cm) signed and numbered 32/50 in pencil (there are also 15 artist's proofs), printed by Lacourière, Paris, published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, pale mat staining, minor soiling in the margins, two small repaired tears at upper sheet edge (with associated creasing), the paper slightly thinned in places in the upper margin (one area with backing), otherwise in very good condition, framed.
Literature Georges Bloch 695; Brigitte Baer 891 Catalogue Essay Pablo had told me, that first afternoon I visited him alone, in February 1944, that he felt our relationship would bring light into both of our lives. My coming to him, he said, seemed like a window that was opening up and he wanted it to remain open. I did, too, as long as it let in the light. During the fall of 1952 [Madame Ramié] imported a young cousin of hers named Jacqueline Roque to be a salesgirl at the pottery [shop]…She spoke a little Spanish and since very little pottery was sold in the winter, her chief occupation appeared to be holding conversations in Spanish with Pablo…he undoubtedly saw Jacqueline Roque and talked with her more often than I might have imagined at the time, had I given it any thought…A week after I left Vallauris on September 30, Pablo came to Paris and stayed two weeks. Within a week of the time he got back to the Midi, Jacqueline Roque had taken over. Francoise Gilot, Life with Picasso, McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, 1964, p. 358 and p. 367 In the upper right corner of the plate, one can see the word Lacourière written in drypoint (reversed from printing). Picasso saw this plate in the studio and drew Francoise looking out a window on the back side of it. The copper plate manufacturer etched the word to signal it was going to that printshop. Read More Artist Bio Pablo Picasso Spanish • 1881 - 1973 Regarded as one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, Pablo Picasso is known for his pioneering involvement in the development of Modernism and co-founding of the Cubist movement. He tirelessly investigated forms of expression with his pictorial vocabulary ranging from vivid naturalism to distorted abstraction, and his prolific output included painting, prints, drawings, ceramics and theatre sets. Endlessly curious, Picasso continually sought innovative creative avenues, experimenting with age-old printmaking processes (etching, lithography, linocut), each of which offered a distinct expressive opportunity of line, tone and mark-making. These graphic techniques, combined with Picasso's idiosyncratic motifs — mythological creatures, Spanish bullfighting scenes and portraits of lovers — resulted in an unparalleled body of printed works that could range from the spontaneously lyrical to the allegorically complex. View More Works