306. Rafael and Fornarina [1968]

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306. Rafael and Fornarina [1968]

Pablo Picasso

1881, Málaga, Spania - 1973, Mougins, Franța

Estimate:

EUR 3.000 - 5.000

Not sold

etching, 14.5 x 20.5 cm, 20,5x14,5, noted, engraved, reversed upper left, "I.86.92"

PROVENANCE

The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Dorotheum auction house, Vienna, 22.09.2006.

This engraving is part of the cycle dedicated by Picasso to the famous Renaissance painter and architect Raphael. Created between August and September 1968, when Picasso was 86, the series explicitly presents the sexual adventures of Raphael with his famous model Margherita Luti (La Fornarina). This is one of the 25 instances dedicated by Picasso to this subject.

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