Picasso's "Marin-Cyclope" | Original 156 Series Aquatint | Plate 22 (Edition 1/50)
This striking original aquatint, titled "Marin-Cyclope" (Plate 22), originates from Pablo Picasso's acclaimed 156 Series, representing the definitive final graphic suite of his historic career. Executed on March 13, 1970, in Mougins, France, the copper plate bears Picasso's mirrored inscription in the upper-right corner reading 13.3.70. The artwork presents a dramatic, mythological character study blending the legendary Cyclops with the seafaring sailor motif—a recurrent autobiographical archetype throughout Picasso's oeuvre. Against an intense, velvety black aquatint field, the figure emerges in brilliant white reserve lines, featuring an animated gaze, dense beard curls, and a striped marinière shirt that together deliver a powerful display of late-period expressive vigor.
Carrying the prestigious distinction of being Edition 1/50, this impression was hand-pulled on fine deckle-edged Vélin de Rives paper by master printers Aldo & Piero Crommelynck, and published posthumously in 1978 by the historic Galerie Louise Leiris in Paris. Number one of the limited edition of fifty, this museum-grade print provides fine art collectors an exceptional, tangible artifact from Picasso's final masterwork suite.
Artwork Details
- Artist: Pablo Picasso
- Title: Plate No. 22, Marin-Cyclope
- Date: March 13, 1970
- Medium: Original Aquatint
- Edition: 1/50
- Signature: Printed Signature (stamped as issued for the 156 Series)
- Image Size: 3 ⅛" x 4 ¾"
- Paper Size: 9 ⅞" x 12 ¾"
- Paper Type: Vélin de Rives
- Printer: Aldo & Piero Crommelynck, Mougins, France
- Publisher: Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, 1978
- Reference: Bloch 1877, Baer 1882 B a., Orozco Etchings Vol. 3 No. 2906
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Framing included, as pictured