Pablo Picasso "Garcon et Dormeuse a la Chandelle"

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• Lot Description
  Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
  "Garcon et Dormeuse a la Chandelle" - 1934
  Aquatint and etching on Montval laid paper. Pencil signed lower right. Appraised for $78,850 in 2021.
  Comes with COA from Martin Lawrence Galleries.
  
  Impression Size: 9.25 x 11.5 in.
  Overall Framed Size: 24.75 x 27 in.
  Framed behind glass.
  
  Garcon et Dormeuse a la Chandelle is one of 100 different etchings from the Vollard Suite (Plate 26), a series Picasso produced from 1930 to 1937 for Parisian publisher Ambroise Vollard. While over 300 sets were printed, complete suites are exceedingly rare, instead the prints from this series now are often found individually.
  
  The suite spans Picasso's passionate, sometimes tumultuous affair with his teenage model and muse Marie-Therese Walter. Many of the earlier works in the series portray a sculptor in his studio among his work?alluding to the classical myth of Pygmalion (see lot 263). The later prints become increasingly dark as both his relationship with Marie-Therese waned and Europe marched toward World War II.
  
  This particular print marks a turning point in Picasso's relationship with Marie-Therese, as it was created when Picasso learned that she was pregnant with his child in 1934. Her pregnancy marked the end of Picasso's then marriage to the Ballet Russe dancer Olga Koklova and also the beginning of the end for his relationship with his young model (just one year later he would meet Dora Maar?with whom Marie-Therese would become embattled over Picasso's affection).
  
  This print, however, portrays a tranquil scene of a sleeping woman (Marie-Therese); her fertile feminine features illuminated by candlelight, with a young man (likely intended to symbolize Picasso himself) sitting and thoughtfully watching her at rest. A single candle illuminating the scene creates a stillness and chiaroscuro reminiscent of Rembrandt's nocturnal scenes.
  
  The onset of World War II and the sudden death of the publisher Vollard in a car crash in the south of France in 1939 delayed the distribution of this major suite of etchings until the 1950s. Bloch 226; Geiser 440.

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