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Pablo Picasso, La Pique en Rouge et Jaune (The Bullfight in Red and Yellow), 1959
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Signed Pablo Picasso, Linocut / Linoleum Cut, La Pique en Rouge et Jaune (The Bullfight in Red and Yellow), 1959  |
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| Artist: | Picasso, Pablo (1881 - 1973) |
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| Title: | La Pique en Rouge et Jaune (The Bullfight in Red and Yellow), 1959 |
| Medium: | Original Color Linocut |
| Image Size: | 25 1/8 in x 20 7/8 in (63.8 cm x 53 cm) |
| Sheet Size: | 29 1/2 in x 24 1/2 in (74.9 cm x 62.2 cm) |
| Framed Size: | 42 1/2 in x 39 3/4 in (107.95 cm x 100.97 cm) |
| Signed: | Hand signed by Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) in red pencil in the lower right margin |
| Edition: | Out of the edition of 5 trial proofs (aside from the edition of 50), pulled in red and yellow, signed and annotated on the lower margin in Red crayon |
| Condition: | The work is in very good condition with bright, vibrant colors throughout, there are some minor printing creases outside the image in the margins, not affecting image itself |
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This is an extremely rare, virtually unique proof of this important image! Created in 1959, this work is hand signed by Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973) in red crayon in the lower right margin and inscribed along the bottom margin: ‘bon vous le jaune mais rouge plus formé.’ According to Baer, this state A impression linocut of La Pique was printed by Arnéra, Vallauris and published by Louise Leiris, Paris. Exploding with incredibly bright orange-reds and a sunny yellow, this print is able to light up any room and any viewer who is able to stand before it. It is a lively work, seemingly radiating an energy and vibrance unlike any other linoleum cut by Pablo Picasso. He is able to fill the entire composition with vast, broad surfaces of color amidst a plane of varied curved lines and forms. Despite the abstracted imagery so iconic of Picasso’s style, we are still able to make out the profile of a butting bull and our heroic picador in the center of a ring and a massive audience that towers in the background. La Pique becomes the quintessential example of Picasso’s ability to transform the medium of the linoleum cut, crafting this printmaking method to its best. Catalogue Raisonné & COA: 1. Baer, Brigitte. Picasso Peintre-Graveur, Catalogue Raisonné de l’œuvre grave et des monotypes 1959 – 1965, Tome V, Editions Kornfeld: Berne, 1989. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 1227A on pg. 261. 2. Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso: Catalogue de l’œuvre grave et lithographié 1904 – 1967 Tome I, Editions Kornfeld: Berne, 1984. Listed and illustrated at catalogue raisonné no. 908 on pg. 198. 3. Boeck, Wilhelm, intr. Picasso Linoleum Cuts: Bacchanals, Women, Bulls & Bullfighters, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.: New York, 1988. Listed and illustrated as Plate 5. 4. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Picasso: Sixty Years of Graphic Works, New York Graphic Society: Greenwich, 1966. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 318 on pg. 129. 5. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Picasso Linoleum Cuts: The Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kramer Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Random House: New York, 1985. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 15 on pg. 30. 6. The Online Picasso Project, Texas A&M University. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. OPP.59:007. http://picasso.tamu.edu/picasso/ 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.
