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Pablo Picasso — Femme Nue Se Couronnant de Fleurs, from La Suite Vollard (Bloch 135)
Pablo Picasso

Femme Nue Se Couronnant de Fleurs, from La Suite Vollard (Bloch 135)

In this etching from Picasso's celebrated La Suite Vollard series, a sensuous female nude crowns herself with flowers in a gesture that combines classical elegance with modernist simplification. Created in 1930, the work exemplifies Picasso's mastery of the etching medium through its fluid line work and intimate scale, capturing a moment of self adornment with both grace and psychological depth. Published by the renowned dealer Ambroise Vollard, this print represents one of the most significant printmaking projects of the twentieth century, blending themes of beauty, femininity, and artistic creation.

Medium
Etching, 1930, signed in pencil, from the total edition of 310, published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, on Montval laid paper with the Montval watermark, with full margins, sheet 450 x 342mm (17 3/4 x 13 1/2in) (unframed), Condition, Related Lots, BACK TO AUCTION CATALOGUE, Joan Miró (1893-1983) Album 13 (Mourlot 71-87), Estimate: £18,000 - 30,000, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901), after. Yvette Guilbert, from Le Café Concert (Wittrock 19), Estimate: £500 - 700, Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Lincoln

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Prints & Works on Paper 1500-2026

March 31, 2026

Lot 243

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Pablo Picasso, Femme Nue Se Couronnant de Fleurs, from La Suite Vollard (Bloch 135)

In this etching from Picasso's celebrated La Suite Vollard series, a sensuous female nude crowns herself with flowers in a gesture that combines classical elegance with modernist simplification. Created in 1930, the work exemplifies Picasso's mastery of the etching medium through its fluid line work and intimate scale, capturing a moment of self adornment with both grace and psychological depth. Published by the renowned dealer Ambroise Vollard, this print represents one of the most significant printmaking projects of the twentieth century, blending themes of beauty, femininity, and artistic creation.

Medium
Etching, 1930, signed in pencil, from the total edition of 310, published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, on Montval laid paper with the Montval watermark, with full margins, sheet 450 x 342mm (17 3/4 x 13 1/2in) (unframed), Condition, Related Lots, BACK TO AUCTION CATALOGUE, Joan Miró (1893-1983) Album 13 (Mourlot 71-87), Estimate: £18,000 - 30,000, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901), after. Yvette Guilbert, from Le Café Concert (Wittrock 19), Estimate: £500 - 700, Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Lincoln
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Forum Auctions, London, UK

Related themes

Sensual Aesthetic, 20th Century, Cubism, Modernist, Etching, Printmaking, Female Nude, Mythological Theme, Spanish Artist, La Suite Vollard

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Collected by

Sebastián In Situ, Richard Caswell, Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Sebastián Naranjo, Alex Capecelatro, Saul Beceiro Novo