Lot 421: Pablo Picasso Signed Lithograph, Le Cavalier or Mousquetaire

An original signed lithograph of “Le Cavalier,” also known as “Le Mousquetaire a la Pipe (The Muskateer with a Pipe),” after the 1968 painting of the same name by Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). Lithographed by Henri Deschamps (French, 1898-1990) and printed by Mourlot, Paris. Published by Yamet Fine Arts, New York, 1968. On Arches paper with watermark center right. Pencil-signed “Picasso,” lower right, and numbered 190/300, lower left. Housed under plexiglass in a giltwood frame with black mat and gilt fillet. Sheet: 27″ H x 19 3/4″ W. Framed: 38″ H x 32″ W. Note: This print recreates Picasso’s 1968 painting “Mousquetaire a la Pipe.” Picasso hired the printmaker Henri Deschamps, one of the artist’s preferred “chromists,” to reproduce the painting under his close supervision. A common practice among European modernists, Deschamps also worked as a chromist for painters including Georges Braque and Rene Magritte.

PROVENANCE: Private Nashville, Tennessee collection.

CONDITION: Very good condition, with strong colors and full margins. Minor, even toning to sight window.