Pablo Picasso Spanish, 1881-1973
Grande tête de femme au chapeau orné, 1962
Linocut on Arches paper
64.1 x 53. 3 cm (image)
75.3 x 62.2 cm (sheet)
75.3 x 62.2 cm (sheet)
Edition of 50 and around 20 Artist's proofs
Signed by the artist on the lower right and numbered 41/50.
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Picasso, always playing with art history, reprises the codes of the classical portrait, represented in bust, with accessories (notably hats). This portrait of Jacqueline, his last wife and muse, showcases...
Picasso, always playing with art history, reprises the codes of the classical portrait, represented in bust, with accessories (notably hats). This portrait of Jacqueline, his last wife and muse, showcases this perfectly, while keeping the cubist technique, especially the double-face, the visge represented from the front and the profile.
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, ParisCollection particulière, Bruxelles
Galerie Jean-François Cazeau
Publications
Georges Bloch, Pablo Picasso, Catalogue de l'œuvre gravé et lithographié, Vol. I, 1904-1967, Berne, Editions Kornfeld & Klipstein, 1968, n° 1077, pp. 225.Brigitte Baer, Pablo Picasso: Peintre-graveur, n°1317, p. 455.