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PABLO PICASSO (after) Bethsabée.
Color aquatint, 1966. 265x375 mm; 10 1/2x14 3/4 inches, full margins. Signed and numbered 93/300 in pencil, lower margin. Published by Crommelynck, Paris, with the blind stamp lower left. A superb impression with vibrant colors.
Based on one of a series of works Picasso executed circa 1963 that focused on the Biblical narrative of Bethsheba and King David. The current lot captures the scene where Bethsheba reads a letter from King David, declaring his love for her and summoning her to the palace. Picasso may have drawn inspiration for this work from Rembrandt van Rijn's (1606-1669) oil painting Bathsheba at Her Bath, 1654, which features the same subject matter and a similar composition.
