Musician Faun No. 5 | Musicien faune 5

Artwork details

Artist

Pablo Picasso

Title

Musician Faun No. 5 | Musicien faune 5

Description

This original lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Picasso" at the lower right image.
It is hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 50, at the lower left image. There were also six artist's proofs aside from the standard edition.
It was created by Picasso on the 10th of March 1948 by using a wash on a zinc plate.
The work was printed by Mourlot in 1948 in a limited edition of 50 impressions.
The paper bears the Arches watermark along the left side.

Note: Other impressions of this subject are held in the collections of Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Illinois, Borooklyn Museum, New York and the Museu Picasso, Barcelona.

Literature:
1. Mourlot, Fernand. 2009. Picasso Project: Picasso. The Lithographic Work. Volume II. 1949-1969. San Francisco, Alan Wofsy.
Reference: Mourlot 116
2. Bloch, George, 1971. Pablo Picasso: Tome I, Catalogue of the printed graphic work 1904-1967. Bern: Edition Kornfeld et Klipstein.
Reference: Bloch 828

Condition: Good condition. The sheet toned throughout. A moisture stain in the upper left image.

Date

1948

Medium

Lithograph

Edition

50

Signature

Signed

Catalogue Raisonne

Mourlot 116; Bloch 828

Sheet

76.5 x 56 cm

Status

Available

Price

$33,000.00