347 Series Explained

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

Collections

• National Museum in Oslo, Norway
• Picasso Museum in Barcelona, Spain
• Picasso Museum in Paris, France
• National Library of Paris, France
• The British Museum, United Kingdom
• Art Institute of Chicago, United States
• Museum Ludwig, Germany
• The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
• Gottfried Keller-Stiftung, Switzerland

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

Notes and References

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