Lot 157
Pablo Picasso (Spanish/French, 1881-1973), "Trois Acteurs (Three Actors) # 145 , "The Suite Vollard" (Vollard Suite), #145, etching published by Ambroise Vollard (French, 1867-1939) in 1939, with full margins, signed in black on lower right. The Suite Vollard is a set of 100 etchings by Pablo Picasso, rendered in a Neoclassical Style and named for Ambroise Vollard, the art dealer who commissioned them. Picasso worked on the series from the spring of 1933 until sometime in 1937. It took two more years for the printmaker Roger Lacouriere to finish printing the 230 full sets; however, due to Vollard's death in 1939 and the circumstances of World War II, they only came to the art market in the 1950s. Size: 10.83" L x 7.17" W (27.5 cm x 18.2 cm); sheet measures 17.3" L x 13.27" W (43.9 cm x 33.7 cm)
This etching has been authenticated by Denenberg Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA, est. 1965 (picture of appraisal shown).
Hammered at Christie's London for 4,600 GBP ($5,983) 21 September 2016, lot 5.
Provenance: Casa d'Arte Bragaglia; ex-Mr. Anton Giulio Bragaglia - Accompanied by document in which Mr. Anton Giulio Bragaglia declares that he sold 36 etchings from the Vollard Suite to current owner's grandfather Arturo Tonnarelli Grassetti.
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- Condition: Picasso watermark visible when held to the light. Signed "Picasso" in black on lower right. Paper is slightly wavy with minor darkening in margins, otherwise generally excellent.
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