Pablo PICASSO David and BethsabĂŠe - 1947 (2ème ĂŠtat)) Based on a painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder Lithograph in black 30 March 1947 (2nd ĂŠtat) SignĂŠe and numĂŠrotĂŠe "2/50" 65,3 x 49,6 cm - framed đ Bloch 440 Lithograph in black; 2nd state; signed and numbered 25.7 x 19.56 in. - framed ŠPicasso Succession 2025 The various ĂŠrents of this work have ĂŠtĂŠ exĂŠcutĂŠes d'après a black-and-white reproduction from the catalogue of the 1937 Cranach exhibition in Berlin, which Kahnweiler had given Ă the artist. The gradual transformation of the figures as Ă the artist changed the plate shows a subtle formalisation of the static fĂŠminine figures and a gradual relâchement of the male figures looking down on them. Picasso's variations after Cranach's David and Bathsheba were executed after a black and white reproduction in the catalogue of the 1937 Cranach exhibition in Berlin, which Kahnweiler had given to the artist. The gradual transformation of the figures as the artist changed the plate show a subtle formalization of the static female figures and a gradual loosening up of the male figures looking down upon them. Pablo PICASSO