Lithograph after a drawing by Pablo Picasso: a bull's head set down in a few strokes, with the printed word "LE TAUREAU" running across the brow. Published in 1957 in the portfolio 40 dessins de Picasso en marge du Buffon.
Lithograph after a drawing by Pablo Picasso: a bull's head set down in a few strokes, with the printed word "LE TAUREAU" running across the brow. Published in 1957 in the portfolio 40 dessins de Picasso en marge du Buffon.
The portfolio gathers the drawings Picasso made in the margins of his copy of Buffon's Natural History. An edition of 2,226 copies; the sheets are neither signed nor numbered, as the edition did not call for it.
Medium: Lithograph
Artist / after: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Date: 1957
Source: 40 dessins de Picasso en marge du Buffon; numbered 9 on the reverse
Dimensions: 10.9 x 14.6 in (27.8 x 37 cm)
Condition: Good.