Homards et poissons. 1949.
Zinkdruck.
Bloch 582. Mourlot 142. Signed and numbered 33/50. On wove paper. 74,1 x 103,3 cm (29,1 x 40,6 in). Sheet: 79,7 x 110 cm (31,3 x 43,3 in).
This lithograph offers a maximum of what the artist attained to create with litho ink. "This composition remarkable both in terms of quality and its size." (Mourlot, pp. 123/124).
Further copies are in possession of the MOMA, New York, and the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. [EH/DB].

We are grateful to Yves Lebouc, Bouquinerie de l'Institut Paris, for his kind support in cataloging this lot.

LITERATURE: Pablo Picasso "Die Lithographie", Die Sammlung Huizinga, Grafikmuseum PP Münster, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit 2000, cat. no. 441 with illu. (different copy).