Chapter 7: A Survey
of Picasso’s Prints,
1945-1955, Francoise et al.
Fig. 27. Francoise (Bloch 396) Fig.
28. Francoise (Bloch 403)
Despite wartime privations, Picasso began creating lithographs in
earnest in 1945. Although their subjects varied, their star was
Francoise Gilot, whom he
had met two years before. In these early lithographs of his new muse, he famously
applied a very spare line, but one nonetheless laden with greatly evocative
emotion. These portraits of Francoise are among his finest lithographs.
Table 16. Lithographs 1945-1946, Mostly Francoise
|
Bloch #
|
378
|
379
|
380
|
383
|
384
|
388
|
389
|
390
|
395
|
396
|
|
Beauty
|
**
|
*
|
***
|
****
|
***
|
*
|
****
|
*
|
****
|
*****
|
|
Significance
|
|
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
*
|
****
|
***
|
***
|
*****
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Rarity
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
|
***
|
***
|
***
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|
Size
|
**
|
***
|
***
|
**
|
**
|
****
|
**
|
**
|
****
|
*****
|
|
Visibility at a distance
|
***
|
***
|
****
|
***
|
***
|
**
|
**
|
*
|
*****
|
****
|
|
Color
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|
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|
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Fading
|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
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Cost
|
*
|
*
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**
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**
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*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
***
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|
Desirability to cost ratio
|
|
|
*
|
|
**
|
|
***
|
|
****
|
|
|
Signature
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Table 17A. Lithographs 1946-1947, Francoise and Owls
|
Bloch #
|
397
|
398
|
399
|
400
|
401
|
402
|
403
|
404
|
408
|
409
|
|
Beauty
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
****
|
*****
|
***
|
*
|
***
|
|
Significance
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
****
|
*****
|
***
|
*
|
***
|
|
Rarity
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
|
Size
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
***
|
*****
|
*****
|
|
Visibility at a distance
|
****
|
****
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
***
|
*****
|
*****
|
****
|
*****
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|
Color
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|
|
Fading
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
**
|
*
|
**
|
|
Desirability to cost ratio
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Signature
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Fig. 29. Les Faunes et la Centauresse (Bloch 413)
Table 17B. Lithographs 1946-1947, continued
|
Bloch #
|
397
|
398
|
399
|
400
|
401
|
402
|
403
|
404
|
408
|
409
|
|
Beauty
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
****
|
*****
|
***
|
*
|
***
|
|
Significance
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
****
|
*****
|
***
|
*
|
***
|
|
Rarity
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
|
Size
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
***
|
*****
|
*****
|
|
Visibility at a distance
|
****
|
****
|
*****
|
*****
|
*****
|
***
|
*****
|
*****
|
****
|
*****
|
|
Color
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
Fading
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
**
|
*
|
**
|
|
Desirability to cost ratio
|
|
|
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