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Extraordinary limited edition 25.5 x 19.5 lithograph entitled 'Les Banderilles' (1949), numbered 20/50, lightly signed in the lower right corner in multi-colored crayon, "Picasso," and signed and inscribed in the left border in blue crayon to a French poet and film director, "Pour Gilbert Prouteau, Picasso, Cannes, le 22.10.1957," with the delightful addition of an original drawing of a bullfighting scene above. Affixed to a slightly larger backing sheet, rolled, and in fine condition, with uniform toning from prior display. A marvelous limited edition Picasso lithograph, wonderfully enhanced by the addition of an original drawing.
Born in Malaga, Spain, Pablo Picasso was taken to the Malaga bullring from an early age, where he developed a lifelong fascination with bullfighting and its deep cultural roots. The spectacle of the bullfight became a recurring theme throughout his oeuvre, with bulls, matadors, and the drama of the bullring coming to symbolize the themes of strength, passion, and mortality. Picasso’s friend and biographer Roland Penrose has written that, apart from his enjoyment of the action, ‘the main involvement for Picasso was not so much with the parade and the skill of the participants but with the ancient ceremony of the precarious triumph of man over beast…The man, his obedient ally the horse, and the bull were all victims of an inextricable cycle of life and death.’
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