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239 - At the Circus with Dancing Odalisque (347 Series, B.1696), 1968

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Medium: hand-signed etching
Year: 1968
Edition: 68

Sheet Size: 11 x 14.25
Image Size: 6.5 x 8.75"
Framed Size: 20 x 23"

Signature: signed 'Picasso' lower right and annotated lower left
Reference: Bloch 1696; Baer 1712

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At the Circus with Dancing Odalisque (347 Series, B.1696), 1968 by Pablo Picasso
At the Circus with Dancing Odalisque (347 Series, B.1696), 1968 by Pablo Picasso signature
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About the Work

"At the Circus with Dancing Odalisque (B.1696)" is an etching from Pablo Picasso's 347 Series, created in 1968. The image size 6.5 x 8.75", signed 'Picasso' lower right and annotated lower left and framed in a Spanish-style, closed-corner, black and gold frame. From the edition of 68. The artwork ships framed and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. 

In printmaking, the 347 Series was the undertaking which defined late Picasso. This prodigious outpouring of work, dating from March 16th–October 5th, 1968, deals with all of his old themes and fantasies, adding an obsession newly central in the late sixties, the artist as voyeur. It is in this role, rather than that of a protagonist, that the artist figures in these fantastic narrations. The series has been described as taking the form of a stream-of-consciousness epic. There is a suggestion of narratives throughout the series; however, there is never a point where a story comes to completion or where suggested desire is realized. There are faces we know, tales we have seen, and the work of great masters is recognizably revisited, but all without a clear endpoint. These prints become instead a stroll through the mind and memories at the end of Picasso’s much-lived life. A note about the technical production of these plates - to work with full freedom and concentration, Picasso had his printers, the brothers Crommelynck, bring the etching plates and hand press to his farmhouse near Cannes.

Literature: Baer, B. Picasso Peintre-Graveur: Tome VI - Catalogue Raisonné de l’œuvre Gravé et Des Monotypes 1966-1968. Galerie Kornfeld, Berne, 1994. pg. 435, no. 1712.

Bloch, G. Pablo Picasso: Tome II – Catalogue de l’œuvre grave et lithographié 1966-1969. Galerie Kornfeld & Cie., Berne, 1986. pg. 251, no. 1696.

About the Artist

Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born on October 26, 1881, in Malaga, Spain. His father was a professor in the School of Arts and Crafts and often took him to bullfights which would influence much of his art throughout his career. It is said that Picasso learned to draw before he could speak. Picasso studied the works and styles of many Spanish artists including Francisco Goya, El Greco, and Diego Velázquez. At the beginning of the 1900s, Picasso moved to Paris, France to open his own studio. He was lonely and depressed after the death of a close friend, which ignited what is now known as his “Blue Period”. A few years later, Picasso started the “Rose Period”, which introduced warmer colors to his works. Picasso is commonly known as the pioneer of Cubism, in which objects are broken apart and reassembled in an abstracted form; it is destructive and creative. Cubism shocked, appalled and fascinated the art world.

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