Le Bain, from: La Suite des Saltimbanques

Name: PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Brand: Le Bain, from: La Suite des Saltimbanques
Price: 35000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 44,100

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Closed: 16 Mar 2023

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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

Le Bain, from: La Suite des Saltimbanques

Price Realised GBP 44,100

Closed: 16 Mar 2023

Price Realised GBP 44,100

Closed: 16 Mar 2023

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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Le Bain, from: La Suite des Saltimbanques
drypoint, 1905, on Arches laid paper, a fine and early impression of Baer's only state, before steel-facing, printed by Auguste Delâtre, Paris, circa 1905 (before the edition of 250 published in 1913 by Ambroise Vollard, after the plate had been steel-faced)
Plate 341 x 285 mm.
Sheet 551 x 426 mm.

Max Pellequer, Paris, then by descent.
With Bouquinerie de l’Institut, Paris.
Acquired from the above on 17 July 2000.

Bloch 12; Baer 14a

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Lot Essay

Picasso first encountered the wandering acrobats of Paris on the Place des Invalides in 1904. The lives of the so-called , who had performed in the squares of Paris since the 15th century, paralleled that of bohemian artists, as they too lived vicariously by their art. Despite the harsh reality of their impoverished existence, Picasso portrayed them with an almost otherworldly grace in intimate scenes of family life, portraits and theatrical tableaus.

Very few impressions from were printed at the time of their creation in 1904-05 and a proper edition was only issued in 1913 after the plates had been purchased by the art dealer Ambroise Vollard. Before printing the edition, he had the plates steel-faced, a process whereby they were electroplated with a thin layer of steel, hardening them so that they could be printed in larger numbers. As a consequence the etched lines lose depth and the plates print less strongly, losing much of the subtleties and nuances of the images. It is only in the early impressions before steel-facing that the beauty of these prints can be fully appreciated.

Impressions before steel-facing of are amongst the rarest of the series. According to Brigitte Baer only a small number of impressions were printed by Delâtre in 1905, and she records only three examples, one of which is in the collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art (unsigned). According to our records no other early impression has been offered at auction in the last three decades.