Fantastically bold and vibrant, this stunning piece is exemplary of Pablo 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 (Malaga, 1881 - Mougins, 1973) in the lower right margin. Numbered from the edition of 300 in red pencil in the lower left margin, this work is printed on BFK Rives paper and published by Atelier Crommelynck, Paris.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:

Pablo Picasso The Window  (La Fenetre), 1959, 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. Eaux-fortes et Lithographies Originales, Numérotées et Signées - Estampes à Tirage Limité. Maeght Editeur, 1959. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 2102.

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 are listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné nos. 58-255 - 58-257.

3. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.

About the Framing:

Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Pablo Picasso The Window (La Fenetre), 1959, is presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.