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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Joueuses à la balle
etching and aquatint, on laid paper, 1932-1961, with the artist's stamped-signature, numbered 37/50 (there were also nineteen artist's proofs), published by galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, 1981
Image: 438 x 438 in. (112 x 112 mm.)
Sheet: 12 x 912 in. (305 x 241 mm.)
Literature
Bloch 243; Baer 271
Exhibited
Picasso, Braque and Léger: 20th Century Modern Masters: Exhibition of 100 Masterworks, The Forest Lawn Museum, Los Angeles, September 15, 2012 - January 1, 2013; The Oglethorpe Museum of Art, Atlanta, September 8 – December 8, 2013; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, September 24- November 27, 2016; The Hyde Collection, Glen Falls, New York, October 6, 2019 – January 5, 2020.
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The beach was a great source of inspiration to Picasso, and as early as 1920, he used the beach at Juan-les-Pins as a backdrop for the activities of his nudes. During the summers of the late 1920s and early 1930s, Picasso, with the young Marie-Thérèse, spent days together languishing in various seaside activities.

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