Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Le Bain
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Pablo Picasso — Le Bain, a lithograph (plate-signed) from a limited edition of 284/2000, 1988, 30 × 22 cm, France, Classical, in excellent condition.
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Pablo Picasso (after)
'Le Bain', 1905, from 'La Suite des Saltimbanques' series.
Lithograph on Yearling paper by Arjomari-Prioux.
This is a limited and numbered edition, released in 1988 in Paris.
The lithograph shows a couple during a private family moment offstage. Still wearing his harlequin hat, a male performer gazes at his partner, who smiles gently as she dries off their small child after his bath. The presence of circus props, a drum and some boxes for tumbling acts reminds us that the family are travelling street performers. Though while they may be without a fixed home, Picasso’s evocation of their close family ties suggests a prevailing sense of domestic fulfilment.
The emergence of the harlequin in the saltimbanque prints is significant; the figure would haunt Picasso’s works for decades, often as a symbol for the artist himself. The harlequin’s apparent androgyny was also a consistent trait, first commented on by Apollinaire. Regardless of gender, it is the deep humanity and tenderness of the circus performers that Picasso foregrounds in this image.
Limted to 2000 copies.
284/2000 (A copy of the set Nr. and set information will be added).
Edition 1/2000 was gifted to the daughter of the artist, Maya Picasso.
Signed in the plate (top right).
The lithograph is in great condition.
Pablo Picasso (after)
'Le Bain', 1905, from 'La Suite des Saltimbanques' series.
Lithograph on Yearling paper by Arjomari-Prioux.
This is a limited and numbered edition, released in 1988 in Paris.
The lithograph shows a couple during a private family moment offstage. Still wearing his harlequin hat, a male performer gazes at his partner, who smiles gently as she dries off their small child after his bath. The presence of circus props, a drum and some boxes for tumbling acts reminds us that the family are travelling street performers. Though while they may be without a fixed home, Picasso’s evocation of their close family ties suggests a prevailing sense of domestic fulfilment.
The emergence of the harlequin in the saltimbanque prints is significant; the figure would haunt Picasso’s works for decades, often as a symbol for the artist himself. The harlequin’s apparent androgyny was also a consistent trait, first commented on by Apollinaire. Regardless of gender, it is the deep humanity and tenderness of the circus performers that Picasso foregrounds in this image.
Limted to 2000 copies.
284/2000 (A copy of the set Nr. and set information will be added).
Edition 1/2000 was gifted to the daughter of the artist, Maya Picasso.
Signed in the plate (top right).
The lithograph is in great condition.
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