Maternity

Picasso, Pablo (after)

Maternity, 1930

Etching and aquatint (color)

Ginestet & Pouillon 670; very fine proof on vellum; numbered and signed in pencil by Picasso; mounted on cardboard; edition of 200; Bernheim-Jeune

Image size: 25 9/16" x 16 9/16"

Literature: Ginestet & Pouillon 670

Description: Using his masterful printmaking techniques Jacques Villon created this color etching after Pablo Picasso’s 1901 painting, Maternity. The work presents an intimate meditation on maternal tenderness through the refined tonal language of color aquatint. Softly modulated passages and incisive linear detail lend the image both immediacy and lyrical depth, balancing emotional warmth with the formal clarity characteristic of Picasso’s interwar classicism. Measuring 16 9/16 by 25 9/16 inches, the work possesses a generous horizontal format that heightens its contemplative presence. This very fine proof on vellum is numbered and signed in pencil by Picasso, mounted on cardboard, and associated with Bernheim-Jeune in an edition of 200. It is recorded in Ginestet & Pouillon as number 670.

$ 12,000