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| Artist: | Picasso, Pablo (1881 - 1973) |
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| Title: | Bacchanale, 1959 |
| Medium: | Original Color Linoleum Cut / Linocut |
| Image Size: | 25 1/4 in x 21 in (64.1 cm x 53.3 cm) |
| Sheet Size: | 29 5/8 in x 24 1/2 in (75.2 cm x 62.2 cm) |
| Framed Size: | 44 1/2 in x 40 1/2 in (113 cm x 102.9 cm) |
| Signed: | Hand signed by Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) in pencil in the lower right margin |
| Edition: | Numbered 27/50 in pencil in the lower left margin and dated in the block in the upper left, 59.11.17 and printed in tan |
| Condition: | This work is in good condition, a bold impression with bright and vivid color throughout |
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| Historical Description: | |
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The Bacchanal was often a subject depicted by Picasso with much fondness, liveliness and energy. Taken from the Greek and Roman festivals which celebrated the god of wine, Bacchus, they were typically attended by only women who danced, played music, and of course, drank wine. In Picasso’s works as in this Bacchanale linocut, we see a myriad of characters suspended in thrilling animation as we are given just a peek into their grand celebration. Set before a majestic landscape of mountain peaks under a brilliant sky with puffy clouds, the composition is evenly anchored along the lower margin to hold our partygoers. Created on November 17, 1959, this work is hand signed by Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973) in pencil in the lower right margin and numbered 27/50 in pencil in the lower left margin; printed in tan by Arnéra, Vallauris on vélin d’Arches paper and published by Louise Leiris, Paris. Dated in the block in the upper left (in mirror image), ‘59.11.17’. Catalogue Raisonné & COA: 1. Baer, B. (1989). Picasso Peintre-Graveur, Tome V: Catalogue Raisonné de l’œuvre grave et des monotypes, 1959 – 1965. Editions Kornfeld: Berne. Listed and illustrated under catalogue raisonné no. 1255 on pg. 318. 2. Bloch, G. (1984). Pablo Picasso, Tome I: Catalogue de l’œuvre grave et lithographié, 1904 – 1967. Editions Kornfeld et Cie: Berne. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 927 on pg. 201. 3. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (1966). Picasso: Sixty Years of Graphic Works. New York Graphic Society: Greenwich. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 344 on pg. 137. 4. Picasso Linoleum Cuts: The Mr. & Mrs. Charles Kramer Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Lieberman, W. S. (Intr.). Random House: New York. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 34 on pg. 43. 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.
