347 Series

Summary

The 347 Series or 347 Suite is a series of etchings by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso executed between March 16 and October 8 1968.[1] The work was Picasso's largest in terms of the number of individual prints in the series; and his penultimate large etching series before the 156 Series of 1969-1972. It was dedicated to his friend Jamie Sabartes.[2] No name was given by Picasso to the series. The 347 series was first displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago and Paris's Galerie Louise Leris in 1970.[3]

Picasso, son oeuvre, et son public, from the 347 Series

Picasso was assisted by the Parisian printers Aldo and Piero Crommelynck, who had established an etching workshop near Picasso's Mougins residence.[4]

Collections edit

Random House published a two volume boxed set of the 347 Series in 1970, published as Pablo Picasso: Suite 347.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ Tim McNeese; Pablo Picasso (2006). Pablo Picasso. Infobase Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-4381-0687-8.
  2. ^ Daniel Taylor (23 January 2007). "Picasso's Late Period: The Prices Keep Rising". Art News. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  3. ^ Holloway, Memory Jockisch (2006). Making Time: Picasso's Suite 347. Peter Lang. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-8204-5046-9.
  4. ^ "Pablo Picasso - No. 135 from Suite 347". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  5. ^ Holloway (2006), p. 255.