Pablo PIcasso Soneto VIII (aquatint and etching) P2180

PIcasso soneto (sonnet) #VIII. Original aquatint (sugar lift) in black ink. February 1947. Printed at the Studio of Roger Lacourière, Paris 1947. The issued edition was a total of 276 impressions on various papers printed in 1948. Sy Litvinov, collector. 11 x 15.5 Master Spanish painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso is arguably the greatest artist of the twentieth century. He is best known as the co-founder, along with George Braque, of cubism, though his achievements reach far beyond that movement, as there was scarcely a 20th century movement that he didn't inspire or contribute to. As the first artist to enjoy the attention of mass media, his restless changing of style and love of controversy projected him into genuine superstardom, perhaps never to be surpassed again in the art world. Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain to a middle class family. His father was a painter and a professor of art at the School of Fine Arts. It was from him that Picasso learned the basics of art training. Al