picasso - Auckland Art Gallery

THE CATALOGUEThe following publications have been consulted in the preparation of this catalogue, and tlieabbreviations in the text refer to where the work has been reproduced:B/S - BOECK/SABARTES, Picasso, Thames & Hudson. A.C. - The Arts Council of GreatBritain, Picasso: fifty Years of Graphic Art, June-August, 1956. B — BOLLINGER, Picasso:55 Years of His Graphic Art, Thames & Hudson.All measurements given are in centimetres, height preceding width, and refer to the whole sheet.19241 MATERNITE (Maternity)Aquatint 6k dry point57x76Artist's proofAlthough executed in 1924, it was not publisheduntil 1955.19452 TETE DE GARCON(Head of a Boy)Lithograph 7th November44x33 24/50B pi.1193 TETE DE FEMME SURFOND BLANC(Head of a Woman on a white ground)Lithograph 2nd November44x33 43/50The technique used here is to cut out the inksubject, paste to transfer paper, which is thentransferred to the stone.4 COMPOTIER ET TASSE(Fruitbowl and cup)Lithograph 16th November33 x 44 47/50B pi. 11819465 LE TALIREAU (The Bull)Lithograph 17th January33x44 24/50Picasso produced no less than 11 states ofthis work. Commencing with a naturalistic-[9]-wash-drawing on the 5th December, 1945,Picasso by turns conceives it in his expressionistand then cubist manner, finally arrivingat a linear symbol. Each state is completein itself.B/S p. 100-1036 COOUILLAGES ET OISEAUX(Shell-fish and birds)Lithograph 19th February33x44 12/507 DEUX FEMMES MIES(Two nudes)Lithograph 12th February33x44 3/50There were 18 states of this work commencinglike No. 5 from a wash-drawingB/S p.2508 FRANCOISE AU NOEUDDANS LE CHEVEUX(Francoise with a bow in her hair)Lithograph 14th June65 x 50 7/50Eleven plates were devoted to Francoise.Francoise Gilot joined Picasso in 1946 andthey now have two children. After the warPicasso escaped to the South and in its moresympathetic climate, with Francoise Gilot athis side, he entered on a sustained period ofcreative activity.9 FEMME AUX CHEVEUXLISSES (Cover)(Woman with glossy hair)Lithograph65x50 47/50