Picasso artwork • prints & multiples • previously for sale Le Cocu Magnifique
Picasso
Málaga (Spanje) 1881-1973 Mougins (Frankrijk)
1881-1973
Le Cocu Magnifique
etching and aquatint 22.1 x 33.2 cm, signed l.r. (in pencil) and dated 12.11.66/VI (in mirror image) u.l.
Provenance: Galerie Berggruen, Parijs.
Literature: Georges Bloch, 'Pablo Picasso. Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié 1904-1967', Bern 1968, pag. 267, cat.nr. 1255 (met afb.); Fernand Crommelynck, 'Le Cocu Magnifique', Editions de l'Atelier Crommelynck, Parijs 1968, afb. XII; Galerie Berggruen, 'Maitres-graveurs contemporains', Parijs 1979, cat.nr. 489; Sebastian Goeppert, Herma Goeppert-Frank, Patrick Cramer, 'Pablo Picasso. Catalogue raisonné des livres illustrés', Genève 1983, pag. 338-339 (met afb.); Brigitte Baer, 'Picasso, peintre-graveur, Tome VI: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé et des monotypes, 1966-1968', Bern 1994, pag. 96 (met afb.).
Pablo Picasso can without exaggeration be called the most creative and versatile artist of the 20th century. In addition to his numerous paintings, he also manifested himself as a graphic artist, ceramist, draftsman, decor and costume designer and sculptor. His artistic talent came to light at an early age and he was admitted to the Madrid Academy for 16 years. In 1904 he settled in Paris, where in 1907 broke through with his cubist paintings. His work was sold by Heinz Berggruen (Berlin 1914), leading art dealer and friend of Picasso.
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