Pablo Picasso, Cavalier and Two Figures (Greeting Card), 1968

Artist: Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
Title:Cavalier and Two Figures (Greeting Card), 1968
Reference:Bloch 1461
Medium:Color Linocut on Arches Paper
Image Size:6 7/8 in x 4 1/2 in (17.5 cm x 11.4 cm)
Sheet Size:8 1/2 in x 5 3/4 in (21.6 cm x 14.6 cm)
Edition:Numbered from the unsigned edition of 450 in pencil in the lower left margin; published by Galerie Madoura, Vallauris and Cannes.
Condition:This work is in excellent condition.
ID #W-8529

Historical Description

Created in 1963, Pablo Picasso Cavalier and Two Figures (Greeting Card), 1968 is a linocut on Arches paper hand-signed by Pablo Picasso (Malaga, 1881 - Mougins, 1973) in pencil in the lower right margin. Numbered from the edition of 50 in pencil in the lower left margin, this work was published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Pablo Picasso Cavalier and Two Figures (Greeting Card), 1968 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work):

1. Bloch, Georges. Picasso Catalogue de l'ouvre gravé et lithographié, Volume II. Kornfeld et Cie: Switzerland, 1968. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 1461.
2. McVinney, L. Donald, et al Picasso Linoleum Cuts: The Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kramer Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: Random House, 1985. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 119.
3. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.

About the Framing:
Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Pablo Picasso Cavalier and Two Figures (Greeting Card), 1968is presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.

Subject Matter: Romantic Classic Femme Portrait