{"product_id":"au-modele-accoude-sur-un-tableau-by-pablo-picasso-1881-1973","title":"Au Modele Accoude Sur un Tableau By Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"h3\"\u003e\u003cspan data-heading=\"h3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"artwork__artist notranslate\"\u003ePablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"h5\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-heading=\"h5\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"artwork__title notranslate\"\u003eAu Modele Accoude Sur un Tableau\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-heading=\"h5\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"artwork__info__item__date\"\u003e, 1931\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"custom-color\" data-heading=\"p\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"artwork__info__item__medium\"\u003eMedium: Etching on Montval Laid Paper with Vollard Watermark\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p\"\u003e\u003cspan data-heading=\"p\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"artwork__info__item__edition\"\u003eEdition: Edition of 260\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p\"\u003e\u003cspan data-heading=\"p\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"artwork__info__item__dimensions\"\u003eArtwork Size: 10.5 x 7.5 in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p\"\u003e\u003cspan data-heading=\"p\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"artwork__info__item__framing__dimensions\"\u003eFramed Size: 28.5 x 24.25 x 1.5 in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p\"\u003e\u003cspan data-heading=\"p\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"artwork__info__item__framed\"\u003eThis work is Framed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p\"\u003e\u003cspan data-heading=\"p\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"artwork__info__item__framed\"\u003eEtching on Vollard watermarked paper, from the Vollard Suite, 1931\u003cbr\u003eImage Size: 10.375 x 7.5 inches\u003cbr\u003eFrom the small margins edition at 260 proofs, unsigned\u003cbr\u003ePublished by Vollard, Paris\u003cbr\u003ePrinted by Lacourière, Paris\u003cbr\u003eBloch 151; Baer 303 B d.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePablo Picasso’s Vollard Suite represents a major landmark in Picasso’s extensive and prosperous career as a printmaker. Comprised of 100 etchings created in the neoclassical style, the Vollard Suite offers us a rare glimpse into Picasso’s brilliant artistic psyche.  Named after its publisher, renowned art dealer and critic Ambroise Vollard, the Vollard Suite etchings remains Picasso’s most celebrated graphic series to date.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePicasso’s work on the Vollard Suite spans a seven-year period, from 1930-1937.  However, it was not until 1934, when Picasso asked to buy a Renoir and Cezanne from Vollard’s private collection, that a deal was struck between the two men – Picasso would create a series of 100 etchings and hand over the publishing rights to Vollard in exchange for the Renoir and Cezanne paintings. As Vollard had already published Picasso’s first etched series The Saltimbanques (Bloch 1-15) in 1914-1915 to great acclaim, he was eager to collaborate with Picasso on another series of Picasso etchings. Picasso created 97 etchings from 1930-1936 and added three additional etched portraits of Ambroise Vollard to complete the Vollard Suite in 1937. The Picasso Vollard Suite edition was printed on Montval paper made with a specially designed ‘Vollard’ signature watermark.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn 1939, the same year that the Picasso Vollard Suite was printed, Vollard met an untimely death in a tragic car accident. This tragedy, combined with the onset of World War II, greatly delayed the distribution of these Picasso etchings. At some point between 1942-1945, Henri Petiet, another renowned art dealer, purchased Picasso’s Vollard Suite etchings for 10,000 francs.  In the 1950s, Petiet asked Picasso to hand sign these works.  Picasso, who felt that his side of his bargain with Vollard had already been upheld, was reluctant to hand sign the prints and asked for additional compensation. He signed the Vollard Suite etchings sporadically from the 1950s-60s in a haphazard and disorganized fashion, resulting in a significant number of impressions that were left unsigned.  Pablo Picasso’s Vollard Suite is a remarkable achievement in the graphic arts that offers great insight into Picasso’s turbulent and passionate personal life. As Michael Taylor, director of the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College states, “The Vollard Suite functions as a visual diary of the artist’s creative thinking and preoccupations during a pivotal moment in his career. These works illustrate the two worlds to which Picasso owed allegiance at this time, namely the harmony and order of classical art and the surrealist world of dreams and the imagination” (Dartmouth College, 2013).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49728305529071,"sku":null,"price":18600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0820\/8062\/8975\/files\/wqmhdzyaa65t6ujxzoag.jpg?v=1781174832","url":"https:\/\/art-leaders-gallery.myshopify.com\/products\/au-modele-accoude-sur-un-tableau-by-pablo-picasso-1881-1973","provider":"Art Leaders Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}