Pablo Picasso, Femme assise en pyjama de plage (Seated woman in beach pyjamas)
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| Artist: | Picasso, Pablo (1881 - 1973) |
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| Title: | Femme assise en pyjama de plage (Seated woman in beach pyjamas) |
| Medium: | Original color linoleum cut / linocut |
| Image Size: | 15 1/2 in x 12 in (39.37 cm x 30.48 cm) |
| Sheet Size: | 20 3/4 in x 15 1/2 in (52.71 cm x 39.37 cm) |
| Framed Size: | 38 1/2 in x 33 1/2 in (97.79 cm x 85.09 cm) |
| Signed: | Pablo Picasso, LR |
| Edition: | 'Epreuve d'Artiste' in pencil in the lower left margin (aside from the signed and numbered edition of 100) |
| Condition: | Excellent |
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Published by Berggruen, Paris in 1962, this linocut was to be part of the deluxe edition of Jacques Prévert's book, Diurnes, with decoupages and photographs by André Villers. It was printed by Arnéra, Vallauris on vélin d'Arches paper in two colours (chocolate & tan) and signed in the lower right margin in pencil by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) . This work is an artist's proof aside from the signed and numbered edition out of 100 (also an edition of 900 with small margins reproduced in Prévert's book) . There also features a collection stamp on the verso from the 'Collection René Debossens.' Envisioning this woman seated comfortably along the beach, she basks in her 'pyjama de plage' and soaks up life to its fullest. Here, with Femme assise en pyjama de plage, Picasso is able to translate the warmth of the Mediterranean, using bright hues of tans and chocolate browns. Depicting a lovely seated figure, he demonstrates remarkable ingenuity in transforming the linocut to a work of unbridled mastery only Picasso could create. The art of the linoleum cut was not appreciated and accepted as a distinguished form of printmaking until artists like Picasso revealed its true potential. Once considered the 'poor man's woodcut,' Picasso was able to maneuver his blade in such a way as to create robust, free-flowing lines, full of movement, energy, and force. Its bold and dazzling color is one that cannot be translated through a photograph and can only to be truly appreciated when viewed in person. Catalogue Raisonné & COA: 1. Baer, Brigitte. Picasso Peintre-Graveur, Tome V - Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre grave et des monotypes, Berne, 1989. Listed and illustrated as cat. no. 1276 on pg. 353. 2. Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso Tome I - Catalogue de l'œuvre grave et lithographié 1904-1967, Berne, 1968. Listed and illustrated as cat. no. 1062 on pg. 223. 3. Cramer, Patrick et al. Pablo Picasso The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné, Geneva, 1983. Listed and illustrated under Jacques Prévert's Diurnes, 1962 on pg. 284-5. 4. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Picasso Linoleum Cuts from the Mr. & Mrs. Charles Kramer Collection, New York, 1985. Listed and illustrated as cat. no. 83 on pg. 82. 5. Verlag, Gerd, and Hatje for the Kunstmuseum Basel / Bonn. Pablo Picasso Die illustrierten Bücher, 1996. Listed and illustrated as cat. no. 115 on pg. 153. About the Framing: | |
| Style: | 20th Century Modern Art, Modern Artist, Cubism, Cubist |
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Biography of Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
"Yet Cubism and Modern art weren't either scientific or intellectual; they were visual and came from the eye and mind of one of the greatest geniuses in art history. Pablo Picasso, born in Spain, was a child prodigy who was recognized as such by his art-teacher father, who ably led him along. The small Museo de Picasso in Barcelona is devoted primarily to his early works, which include strikingly realistic renderings of casts of ancient sculpture.
"He was a rebel from the start and, as a teenager, began to frequent the Barcelona cafes where intellectuals gathered. He soon went to Paris, the capital of art, and soaked up the works of Manet, Gustave Courbet, and Toulouse-Lautrec, whose sketchy style impressed him greatly. Then it was back to Spain, a return to France, and again back to Spain - all in the years 1899 to 1904.
"Before he struck upon Cubism, Picasso went through a prodigious number of styles - realism, caricature, the Blue Period, and the Rose Period. The Blue Period dates from 1901 to 1904 and is characterized by a predominantly blue palette and subjects focusing on outcasts, beggars, and prostitutes. This was when he also produced his first sculptures. The most poignant work of the style is in Cleveland's Museum of Art, La Vie (1903), which was created in memory of a great childhood friend, the Spanish poet Casagemas, who had committed suicide. The painting started as a self-portrait, but Picasso's features became those of his lost friend. The composition is stilted, the space compressed, the gestures stiff, and the tones predominantly blue. Another outstanding Blue Period work, of 1903, is in the Metropolitan, The Blind Man's Meal. Yet another example, perhaps the most lyrical and mysterious ever, is in the Toledo Museum of Art, the haunting Woman with a Crow (1903).
"The Rose Period began around 1904 when Picasso's palette brightened, the paintings dominated by pinks and beiges, light blues, and roses. His subjects are saltimbanques (circus people), harlequins, and clowns, all of whom seem to be mute and strangely inactive. One of the premier works of this period is in Washington, D.C., the National Gallery's large and extremely beautiful Family of Saltimbanques dating to 1905, which portrays a group of circus workers who appear alienated and incapable of communicating with each other, set in a one-dimensional space.
"In 1905, Picasso went briefly to Holland, and on his return to Paris, his works took on a classical aura with large male and fernale figures seen frontally or in distinct profile, almost like early Greek art. One of the best of these of 1906 is in the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, NY, La Toilette. Several pieces in this new style were purchased by Gertrude (the art patron and writer) and her brother, Leo Stein.
Picasso enjoyed creating his art on many media. From paintings to etchings to ceramics, all of his works are a testament to his skills. There are even Picasso prints that are worth more than unique original works.
