Six working proofs by Pablo Picasso for Femme nue à la source

Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)

British Museum

1962

The 6 prints illustrate the stages of the printing process and the evolution of the image. This image shows an abtracted seen of a nude woman stepping into a stream with a small waterfall to her left and a tree trunk to her right.

• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: 53 x 63 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £27313 ( Total: £54,625)
• ArtFunded in: 2000
• Vendor: Frederick Mulder

Provenance

Acquired by vendor from Picasso's printer in Vallauris, Hidalgo Arnera, who kept many of the working proofs for Picasso's linocuts in his archives

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