Le cocu magnifique
Artwork details
- Artist
- Pablo Picasso
- Title
- Le cocu magnifique
- Description
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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Le cocu magnifique
Portfolio with 12 etchings (five with aquatint, one with drypoint) from 1968.
Exemplar XI/XVIII, one of the 18 “Chapelle” copies.
Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm.
Publisher: Atelier Crommelynck, Paris.
This portfolio is based on Fernand Crommelynck’s play Le Cocu magnifique. In 1966, Pablo Picasso made a series of etchings with aquatint inspired by the play. They were printed in Paris by the playwright’s sons, Aldo and Piero, at their workshop, Atelier Crommelynck. It was an important part of Picasso’s long collaboration with the Crommelynck brothers.
Reference: B. 1244-1255; Ba. 1432-1443; C. 140.
The work is in Excellent condition.
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- Etching
- Edition
- Exemplar XI/XVIII, one of the 18 “Chapelle” copies
- Signature
- Unsigned
- Catalogue Raisonne
- B. 1244-1255; Ba. 1432-1443; C. 140
- Sheet
- 38 x 28 cm
- Status
- Available
- Price
- Price on request
