Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)
La danse des faunes (The Dance of the Fauns)
Executed May 24, 1957
Original lithograph printed in black from the zinc plate, on vélin (Arches) paper. Signed in pencil lower right, the signature underlined in blue and red crayon, and numbered 90/200 lower left.
This impression belongs to the signed and numbered edition of 200 on Arches paper, aside from the larger unsigned edition of 1,000 impressions issued with an ochre-tinted background stone, published for the benefit of the newspaper Le Patriote, Nice. Printed by Atelier Mourlot, Paris.
Full sheet, with margins.
Dimensions:
Image: approx. 40.5 × 52 cm
Sheet: approx. 50 × 66 cm
Literature:
– Mourlot 291 (Picasso Lithographs, no. 291)
– Bloch 830 (Catalogue of the Printed Graphic Work, no. 830)
Condition:
Overall in good condition, with light, even toning and minor handling marks consistent with age
