$5,000
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), "Vallauris Exposition 1956", color linocut. Signed in red lower right margin. Print originally created for the 1956 Vallauris "Fiesta Taurina," and depicting a triptych image, in which spectators on the sunny (left) and shady (right) sides of the arena frame the face of a bull, placed in a vertical band representing the bullring. As is often the case, this design was also used on one of the ceramic plates Picasso created in Vallauris. Framed 46" x 34.5". Sight size approximately 32" x 23.75".
Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2014-08-09