Fantastically bold and vibrant, this stunning piece is exemplary of Picasso’s innovative use of color composition and expressive lines and brush strokes.  It is exquisitely balanced in form and geometry, but also evokes the summer calm and peacefulness Picasso experienced while at his atelier in the south of France.  The dominant red throughout the work awards this print a life of its own, coupled with an accenting light blue which dominates the sky beyond.  Bright, green leaves of the palms out the windows can also be seen, which echo the patterns on the floor below.

Created in c. 1960, this work is hand signed in red pencil by Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973) in red pencil in the lower right margin and numbered 203/300 in red pencil in the lower left margin.  Featuring wide margins and a strongly defined plate mark, this work was published by Atelier Crommelynck, Paris.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:

It is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work) :

1.    C. Zervos. Pablo Picasso: œuvres de 1953 à 1955, vol. XVI, Paris, 1965.  Original oil on canvas listed as catalogue raisonné no. 495 and illustrated as pl. 169.

2.    Picasso Project. Picasso’s Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture: The Fifties II 1956 – 1959, Alan Wofsy Fine Arts: San Francisco, 2000. Original oils on canvas can be found on pgs. 246-7 with catalogue raisonné nos. 58-255 – 58-257.

About the Framing:

Conservation framed in a beautiful and decorative gold and bronze moulding. The delicate organic shapes within the frame are the perfect compliment to this beautiful work. Framing is completed with white, linen-wrapped mats, a matching gold inner fillet, set behind an archival Plexiglas® cover. All materials are museum quality and archival.