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Large Female Nude, working proof (2nd state)
Pablo Picasso (Spanish (worked in France), 1881–1973)
March 8, 1962
Medium/Technique
Reduction linocut, trial proof printed in reddish brown over beige
Dimensions
Block: 63.8 x 52.8 cm (25 1/8 x 20 13/16 in.); Sheet: 75.2 x 61.8 cm (29 5/8 x 24 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Lee M. Friedman Fund, Sophie M. Friedman Fund, and Museum purchase with funds from the Print and Drawing Club and donated by the Aaron Foundation, Ruth V. S. Lauer in memory of Julia Wheaton Saines, and Virginia Herrick Deknatel
Accession Number2002.45
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Contemporary Art, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Geiser-Baer 1309 II/VI, Bloch 1085
State
State 2 of 6
DescriptionBaer records one impression of this state. About 90 impressions were taken in this form. Nearly all were later overprinted to produce the subsequent states.
InscriptionsVerso lower left, by the printer, in graphite pencil: Linogravure de Picasso. 367. Grand Nu de femme. 1962. épreuve d'essai brun sur fond beige. 2me ETAT. 8.3.62
Verso lower left, by the printer, in graphite pencil: Linogravure Originale de Picasso H. Arnéra
Verso lower left in graphite pencil: F4986/3
Verso lower left, by the printer, in graphite pencil: Linogravure Originale de Picasso H. Arnéra
Verso lower left in graphite pencil: F4986/3
ProvenanceHidalgo Arnéra, the printer, Vallauris, France; his estate; Frederick Mulder, London; 2002, sold by Frederick Mulder to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 20, 2002)
Copyright© 2011 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.