Picasso's "Autour du 'Bain Turc'" | Original 156 Series Etching | Plate 63 (Edition 1/50)
This extraordinary original etching, titled "Autour du 'Bain Turc'" (Plate 63: The Turkish Bath), hails from Pablo Picasso's monumental 156 Series, which stands as the definitive graphic tour de force of his final years. Executed on March 3, 1971, with the date inscribed in reverse into the copperplate by Picasso himself, this impression captures the artist's lifelong fascination with art history, voyeurism, and the sensual female form. Here, Picasso delivers an intimate, provocative dialogue with Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres' 1862 masterpiece Le Bain Turc, reimagining the languid orientalist bathers through his unmistakably expressive late-cubist linework and erotic vitality.
Distinguished by its premier status as Edition 1/50, this artwork was pulled on luxury watermarked Vélin de Rives paper by Picasso's intimate collaborators, master printers Aldo & Piero Crommelynck in Mougins, and published posthumously in 1978 by the storied Galerie Louise Leiris in Paris. Representing a premier historical acquisition for discerning fine art collectors, this first-edition impression connects directly to the twilight brilliance of the 20th century's greatest innovator.
Artwork Details
- Artist: Pablo Picasso
- Title: Plate No. 63, Autour du "Bain Turc"
- Date: March 3, 1971
- Medium: Original Etching
- Edition: 1/50
- Signature: Printed Signature (stamped as issued for the 156 Series)
- Image Size: 8 ⅛" x 5 ⅞"
- Paper Size: 13" x 9 ⅞"
- Paper Type: Vélin de Rives
- Printer: Aldo & Piero Crommelynck, Mougins, France
- Publisher: Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, 1978
- Reference: Bloch 1918, Baer 1926 B a., Orozco Etchings Vol. 3 No. 2954
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Framing included, as pictured