Picasso: The 347 Series at Marlborough Graphics
Marlborough Graphics is pleased to present Picasso: The 347 Series, a selection of prints made by the artist in the 1960’s. This show runs from September 17th to October 29th, 2022.
Date, time, location:
Sep 17, 2022, 10:00 AM – Oct 31, 2022, 6:00 PM
New York, 545 W 25th St, New York, NY 10001, USA
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Marlborough Graphics is pleased to present Picasso: The 347 Series, a selection of prints made by the artist in the 1960’s. These prints among the last handsigned etchings and engravings the artist ever created, with each of the original plates etched or engraved by the hand of Picasso alone. At 86 years old in 1968, Picasso had created 347 etchings and aquatints in just seven months (March 16 – October 5, 1968).
Picasso collaborated with the master printers Piero and Aldo Crommelynck, who brought in a special press from their atelier in Paris in 1963 to Picasso’s private studio near Cannes. The relationship between the artist and the brothers Crommelynck, who were familiar with the demands and the working process of Picasso, was responsible for theextraordinary output of intaglio prints he created at the end of his life. In just seven months, Pablo Picasso engaged in a historical battle against…