Pablo Picasso, Tête de femme (Head of a Woman), 1959-60

Artist: Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
Title:Tête de femme (Head of a Woman), 1959-60
Reference:McVinney 6
Medium:Color Linocut on Arches Paper
Image Size:25 7/8 in x 21 1/4 in (65.7 cm x 54 cm)
Sheet Size:29 3/4 in x 24 1/2 in (75.6 cm x 62.2 cm)
Edition:Numbered from the edition of 50 in pencil in the lower left margin; published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
Signature:This work is hand-signed by Pablo Picasso (Malaga, 1881- Mougins, 1973) in pencil in the lower right margin.
Condition:This work is in excellent condition.
ID #W-8368

Historical Description

Created between 1959 and 1960, Pablo Picasso Tête de femme (Head of a Woman) 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 Tête de femme (Head of a Woman), 1959-60 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. 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. 6.
2. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.

About the Framing:
Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Pablo Picasso te de femme (Head of a Woman), 1959-60 is presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.

Subject Matter: Romantic Femme Portrait