Pablo Picasso’s Faunes et chèvre (Fauns and a Goat), 1959, is a luminous celebration of myth, nature, and play, captured through the bold graphic language of the linocut. Drawing inspiration from classical antiquity, Picasso revisits the timeless imagery of fauns—half-human, half-goat figures associated with Dionysian revelry—placing them in communion with a goat, an animal that held both personal and symbolic resonance for the artist during his years in the South of France. Executed with a masterful economy of line, the composition brims with vitality: the fauns appear caught in motion, their expressive gestures animated by the contrasting textures of carved black and untouched white.

The goat, central to the scene, is rendered with rustic directness, its sturdy form embodying fertility, abundance, and the earthly ties of pastoral life. Surrounding it, the fauns exude a mischievous energy, their presence recalling both the joyous abandon of Bacchic myth and Picasso’s own playful engagement with classical motifs. The image oscillates between the archaic and the modern—at once reminiscent of ancient reliefs and wholly alive with Picasso’s avant-garde vision.

In Faunes et chèvre, the linocut becomes more than a technical exercise; it is a mythopoetic tableau, a merging of past and present, fantasy and reality. With its bold contrasts and rhythmic composition, the work captures the essence of Picasso’s genius: his ability to channel universal themes—myth, ritual, joy, and the natural world—into an image at once deeply personal and timelessly resonant.

Created in 1959, Pablo Picasso Faunes et chèvre (Fauns and a Goat), 1959 is a color linocut on Arches paper hand-signed by Pablo Picasso (Malaga, 1881 - Mougins, 1973) in pencil in the lower right margin. Numbered from the edition of 50 in pencil in the lower left margin, this work was published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Pablo Picasso Bacchanale au toro (Bacchanalia with a Bull), 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. Baer, Bridgette. Picasso Peintre-Graveur, Tome V – Catalogue Raisonné de l’œuvre grave et des monotypes, Berne: Editions Kornfeld, 1989. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 1263.
2. Bloch, Georges. Picasso Catalogue de l'ouvre gravé et lithographié, Volume I. Kornfeld et Cie: Switzerland, 1968. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 934.
3. McVinney, L. Donald, et al Picasso Linoleum Cuts: The Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kramer Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: Random House, 1985. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 39.
4. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany our Pablo Picasso’s Faunes et chèvre (Fauns and a Goat), 1959,

About the Framing:
Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Pablo Picasso Faune et chèvre (Faun and Goat), 1959 is presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.