picasso - Auckland Art Gallery

36 LE MANTEAU POLONAIS(The Polish Cloak)Lithograph76x57 39/56Picasso had visited Poland in 194837 VENUS ET L'AMOUR SURFOND NOIR(Venus and Cupid on a black ground)Lithograph 30th May76x57 5/50B/S cat. 21038 VENUS ET L'AMOUR(Venus and Cupid)Lithograph 25th May79x58 19/50Both this and the one above are based on thepainting by Lucas Cranach (1472-1553)B pi. 14839 DAVID ET BATHSABEE(David and Bathsheba)Lithograph76 x 56 47/50See note to No. 1240 LA GRANDE CORRIDA(The Great Bull Fight)Lithograph56x76 45/50Picasso made two plates, one on the llthMarch and the other on the 21st March. AsM. Kahnweiler mentions in his introduction,Picasso makes regular visits to the bullfights,but also in his youth he had done drawingsof bullfights on the day of the event so thathe could earn his admission money.41 LE PICADOR (The Picador)Lithograph56x76 42/5042 FIGURE AU CORSAGE RAYE(Figure with striped blouse)Lithograph 3rd April65x50 6/50Originally only five proofs were taken of thiswork.Man J50 Years of Artists' Lithographs, pi.10943 LA FEMME A LA RESILLE(Woman in a hair net)Lithograph65 x 50 48/50195044 JEUNESSE (Youth)Lithograph 9th June56x76 2/50This design was used for the poster for theinternational meeting for the prohibition ofatomic arms, held at Nice, 13th-20th August,1950.B pi. 14445 FRANCOISE SUR FOND GRIS(Francoise on a grey ground)Lithograph75.5x57 32/50See No. 8AC pl.4346 LE PIQUE (The Lance)Lithograph50 x 65 47/50195147 JELIX DE PAGES(Pages at play)Lithograph 19th February38x52 12/50Kahnweiler (Le Point, XIII, p.27) recordsthat Francoise Gilot said that Picasso had nogreat knowledge of armour or costume, butalways achieved an astonishing accuracy.Kahnweiler also thought that some illustrationsto Ivanhoe, which had appeared inZ'Humanite had given the artist the idea forthis subject.AC pl.46b. B pl.158. B/S cat. 219.48 LE DEPART (The Departure)Lithograph54x65 25/50-[12]-