Picasso, Pablo, Signed Soft-ground etching, c. 1950 Start Price USD 22,500.00 Current Price USD 22,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, May 12, 2008 End Time Thursday, May 22, 2008 Location Masterworks Fine Art, Oakland Hills, CA See more about 'Picasso, Pablo, Signed Soft-ground etching, c. 1950' Description Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Famille de Saltimbanques (Family of Acrobats), Original Soft-Ground Etching in Black & Tan, Signed & Numbered with Additional Counter-Signature   ARTIST: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) TITLE: Famille de Saltimbanques (Family of Acrobats), c.1950 MEDIUM: Original Soft-Ground Etching on Chine collé paper. IMAGE SIZE: 19 ¼” x 16 ¼” (48.9cm x 41.28cm) SHEET SIZE: 30” x 22 ½” (76.2cm x 57.15cm) FRAMED SIZE: 46” x 37 ¾” (116.84cm x 95.89cm) SIGNATURE: This work is hand-signed by Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973) in pencil in the lower right margin and also countersigned in the upper left margin in red pencil by Pablo Picasso. EDITION: Numbered 40/300 in pencil in the lower left, featuring publisher Crommelynck’s blindstamp and printed on Japon nacreous paper. CONDITION: This work is in very good condition.   DISCUSSION: This simple and elegant rendition of an otherwise typical family portrait is anything but.  A family of performers, actors, and entertainers are portrayed in this work, yet Picasso chooses to devote an equal amount of emotion and energy with each character, making this piece more equivalent to 4 works of portraiture.  They are the perfect, nuclear family with dog in tow, however they also seem to be bogged down within their own, unique and individual worlds.  This is a highly expressive, very moving work which any wife, husband, son or daughter could relate.   Created in c. 1950 Famille de Saltimbanques is hand-signed by Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973) both in the lower right margin in pencil, and also in the upper left margin in red pencil.  Printed on Chine collé paper with deckle edges, the work features a strong and defined plate mark with wide margins all around.  Published by Crommelynck, Paris, the sheet also features their signature blindstamp.    DOCUMENTATION / COA: It is fully documented and referenced in (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that I will accompany the final sale of the work): A Masterworks Fine Art, Inc. 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