Lot no. 508
Pablo Picasso
Le Cocu magnifique
Suite von 12 Original-Radierungen auf Velin mit Wasserzeichen "Richard de Bas". 22,1 x 32,2 cm (36,5 x 48 cm). Einzeln unter Glas gerahmt. Jeweils signiert. Jeweils Exemplar HC außerhalb der Auflage von 40 Abzügen auf diesem Papier, neben der Buchauflage auf Velin von Rives von 200 Exemplaren. Illustrationen für das Buch von Fernand Crommelynck. Herausgegeben von den Éditions de l'Atelier Crommelynck, Paris 1968. - Im Passepartout jeweils leicht gebräunt und mit Bräunungsrand, vereinzelte kleine Stockflecke. - Der Umschlag fehlt.
Geiser/Baer 1432-1443 B; Bloch 1244-1255; Cramer Bücher 140
Provenienz
ARTES Verlag + Edition; Privatbesitz Berlin
„Le cocu magnifique“, verfasst von dem Dramaturgen, Regisseur und Journalisten Fernand Crommelynck, ist eine Farce über einen Mann, der durch seine ausgeprägte Eifersucht letztendlich seine Frau verliert. Picasso hegte lange Zeit den Wunsch, das Stück zu illustrieren, welches bereits 1920 als Bühnenstück uraufgeführt und 1947 verfilmt wurde. 1966 schließlich verwirklichte er dieses Vorhaben in Zusammenarbeit mit den Druckern Aldo und Piero Crommelynck, den Söhnen des Verfassers. 1968 erschien die Suite mit 12 Radierungen, jeweils vier für jeden der drei Akte, in den Editions de l'Atelier Crommelynck. Picasso nutzte für die Illustrationen sein charakteristisches, der Mythologie entlehntes Personal; der gehörnte Ehemann wird durch den Minotaurus verkörpert.
Pablo Picasso
Le Cocu magnifique
Suite of 12 etchings on wove paper with watermark "Richard de Bas". 22.1 x 32.2 cm (36.5 x 48 cm). Individually framed under glass. Each signed. Each proof HC aside from the edition of 40 proofs on this paper, beside the book edition of 200 on Velin de Rives. Illustrations for the book by Fernand Crommelynck. Published by Éditions de l'Atelier Crommelynck, Paris 1968. - Each in mat opening slightly browned and with brown-stain, occasional minor foxing. The sleeve missing.
Geiser/Baer 1432-1443 B; Bloch 1244-1255; Cramer Books 140
Provenance
ARTES Verlag + Edition; Private possession, Berlin
"Le cocu magnifique", written by the playwright, director and journalist Fernand Crommelynck, is a farce about a man who ultimately loses his wife because of his pronounced jealousy. For a long time, Picasso had the desire to illustrate the play, which premiered in 1920 as a stage play and was filmed in 1947. In 1966, he finally realised this project in collaboration with the author's sons, the printers Aldo and Piero Crommelynck. In 1968, the series was published by Editions de l'Atelier Crommelynck with 12 etchings, four for each of the three acts. For the illustrations, Picasso used his characteristic personnel borrowed from mythology; the cuckold husband is embodied by the Minotaur.
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Drawings, watercolours and pastels
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