On May 3, this crayon drawing by Pablo Picasso was sold at Sotheby's for over $100,000.
Picasso had taken inspiration from Edouard Manet's famous painting Le déjeuner sur l'herbe in Paris to create a series of works with the same title. A book about the series was published in 1962 and Picasso made this drawing in a copy of the book and inscribed it to Domingo Martinez.
Picasso freely based his compositions on Manet's masterpiece. Manet in turn had adapted the
central triad of figures from an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi. |
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Picasso had been fascinated with Manet's composition for some years:
A bookseller's composite photo of the dust cover, spine, and two facing color plates from Picasso's Les Dejéuners, with text by Douglas Cooper, Editions Cercle d'Art, Paris.
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Front cover board to Picasso's Les Dejéuners |
Back cover board to Picasso's Les Dejéuners with a color plate inset http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=3130082237&searchurl=kn%3Dpicasso%26sortby%3D1%26tn%3Dles%2Bdejeuners |
Title page to Picasso's Les Dejéuners with inset color plate |
Two pairs of facing color plates to Picasso's Les Dejéuners http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=3130082237&searchurl=kn%3Dpicasso%26sortby%3D1%26tn%3Dles%2Bdejeuners |
A variant of the dustwrapper image
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Signed lithograph appearing in 150 copies of the deluxe edition of the book |
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Le déjeuner sur l'herbe d'après Manet, 1960. |
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Le déjeuner sur l'herbe d'après Manet, 27 February 1960.
Oil on canvas, London, Nahmad Gallery
© Succession Picasso, 2008
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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Le déjeuner sur l'herbe d'après Manet, 3 March-20 August 1960,
Oil on canvas. H. 130 ; L. 195 cm. Paris, Musée Picasso
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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Le déjeuner sur l'herbe d'après Manet, 1960. |
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Le déjeuner sur l'herbe d'après Manet, 1961
http://www.all-art.org/art_20th_century/picasso14a.html
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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Le déjeuner sur l'herbe d'après Manet, 1961
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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Le déjeuner sur l'herbe d'après Manet, 13 July 1961.
Oil on canvas. H. 60 ; L. 73 cm. Paris, Musée Picasso
© Succession Picasso 2008 - Photo RMN / Jean-Gilles Berizzi
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The fifth composition of July 26, 1961:
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Les déjeuners, July 26, 1961, V
Image added July 2, 2012
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Catalogue Note for Pablo Picasso, Les déjeuners, July 26, 1961, V
Auction added July 2, 2012
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The sixth composition of the same date:
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Le déjeuner sur l'herbe d'après Manet, July 26, 1961, VI |
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Le déjeuner sur l'herbe d'après Manet, 1961
http://www.all-art.org/art_20th_century/picasso14a.html
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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Le déjeuner sur l'herbe d'après Manet, 27 juillet 1961.
Huile sur toile. H. 65 ; L. 81 cm. Paris, Musée Picasso
© Succession Picasso 2008 - Photo RMN / Jean-Gilles Berizzi
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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Le déjeuner sur l'herbe d'après Manet, 17 June 1962.
Mine de plomb, pastel. H. 42,5 ; L. 52 cm. Paris, Musée Picasso
© Succession Picasso 2008 - Photo RMN / DR
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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Le déjeuner sur l'herbe d'après Manet,
13 March 1962, Estampe. H. 52,9 ; L. 64 cm. Paris, Musée Picasso
© Succession Picasso 2008 - RMN / Martine Beck-Copolla
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Le déjeuner sur l'herbe d'après Manet, 1962 |
Exhibition Poster
Pablo Picasso
Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe Lithographic Poster, 1962,
19" x 15.5" Ref. Czwiklitzer # 184
Edition: 2250
http://en.amorosart.com/artwork-picasso-dejeuner_sur_l_herbe-15008-en.html |
Another related example from Christie's New York:
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Déjeuner sur l'herbe
Image replaced June 15, 2015
signed, dated and dedicated 'Picasso le 3.7.62. Pour Pierre de Champris son ami' (along the upper edge)
colored felt-tip pens on paper
10 5/8 x 8 1/8 in. (27 x 20.6 cm.) Drawn on 3 July 1962 Price Realized
Estimate
Sale Information
Sale 2438 Lot 192
Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper 5 May 2011
New York, Rockefeller Plaza
Provenance
Pierre de Champris, Paris (gift from the artist).
Acquired by the present owner, by 2005. |
Manet's original:
Edouard Manet, Le Dejéuner sur L'Herbe, 1863
Oil on canvas, 214 x 269 cm (84 1/4 x 106 1/4")
Musee d'Orsay, Paris
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Marcantonio Raimondi, The Judgment of Paris (detail)
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Marcantonio Raimondi, The Judgment of Paris (full engraving)
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