S P R I N G S A L E SIGNED Poster PABLO PICASSO Linoleums Graves Pencil Sign
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ORIGINAL AND VINTAGE .............PABLO PICASSO............'45 LINOLEUMS GRAVES', 1960, COLOR PENCIL SIGNED, COLOR LITHOGRAPH ON PAPER, 24.5" x 18.25".............
This is a 24.5" x 18.25" Original and Vintage color lithograph on paper by the very important Spanish and French master Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973. The poster was purchased at the opening of the linoleum exhibi...t in Cannes, in December, 1960, by the previous owner and he had Picasso sign it. The chipping of the black ink along the line above the figures is indicative of the first edition only of this poster. The entire poster is intact, not cut down, and it is not laid down. Attached to the backing board with tabs at top. Some toning to the reverse of the poster but the front is in fine condition. Signed in red color pencil just below the image at right. Unframed. In June 2012 at F. Tajan, this poster sold without the Picasso signature for $ 2556. A $ 14. thrift store purchase of a signed and numbered Picasso poster sold recently for $ 7000.
The Biography Follows:
A painter and printmaker who revolutionized western art, Pablo Picassowas born in Spain and lived most of his life either there or inFrance. His father was an art teacher, and the young Pablo grewup in an artistic environment. By the age of fourteen, he was anaccomplished draftsman, and in 1900 at age nineteen, he made his firsttrip to Paris. There he studied the Old Masters* and Classical*sculpture and also was exposed to the paintings of Impressionists* andPost Impressionists*.
Between 1901 and 1904, his work was dominated by a blue palette, whichhas led to this time being called his "Blue Period". Blue, forhim, was to symbolize the ". . . suffering-frequently hunger and cold, the hardships he experienced while attempting to establishhimself." (Arnason, 125) By 1905, his 'Rose or CircusPeriod' was beginning, and also later that year, he became doingpainting reflective of a growing interest in African masks. By1907, he painted what is regarded as his first masterpiece and as thefirst Cubist painting, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.
Although he said: "I think about Death all the time. She is the only woman who never leaves me." (Walther) His relationshipswith 'live' women influenced much of his artwork. It is thoughtthat his switch from 'blue' to 'rose', that is from depression tohappiness, was determined by his meeting Fernande Olivier, allegedlyhis first serious female relationship. He lived with her forseven years. From that time, he did numerous portraits of wives, children and mistresses.
In 1908, Picasso began working in Paris with Georges Braque(1882-1963), and together until 1914 and the beginning of World War I, they created collages* and the first phase of Cubism* that included stilllife and portraits. They worked so closely together that manyscholars are unable to tell some of their work apart or to determinewhich of them contributed certain concepts.
Picasso went to Rome from 1914 to 1918 to do set designs and costumesfor the Russian Ballet and during this time also did some realisticpainting and drawing, and printmaking emerged as a major part of hisart as a result of the time he spent drawing. His graphic art, which actually dated to 1905, was diverse as he was ever looking fornew modes of expression, and he did etchings, drypoint, linocuts, woodcuts, aquatints and sometimes combinations. In Rome, he methis first wife, Olga Koklova, a Russian ballet dancer.
In the early part of the 1920s, he did abstract figurative work thatwas so grotesque in distortion that it set the stage for hisparticipation in Surrealist* exhibitions in Europe. Also theexperimentation with figurative shapes led him to sculpture, aninterest he had expressed earlier.
The 1920s are regarded as one of the most productive periods ofPicasso's career. He did paintings with vivid colorationexpressing his ". . .total experience of curvilinear cubism andclassical idealism." (Arnason, 393) In 1927, he began arelationship with seventeen-year-old Marie Therese Walther, and in 1936with Dora Maar, a photographer. In 1937, inspired by the SpanishCivil War, he painted Guernica, which is regarded as one of hislandmark paintings and certainly one that carried a strong message ofhuman suffering during wartime.
During the World War II years, Picasso did a lot of modeling in clayand creating of assemblages with found objects, and many of the pieces, especially after the War, expressed his sense of humor. Alsoafter the War, he began creating with ceramics, and he was veryproductive with printmaking. His female companion, beginning1943, was Francoise Gilot, a painter, with whom he had two children, Claude and Paloma. His last female relationship was withJacqueline Roque, whom he met in 1953 and married in 1961.
Pablo Picasso died on April 8, 1973 at the age of 91. The lasteight years of his life had been difficult because of prostateproblems, but he continued to be productive. Of him, it waswritten in Time magazine, May 26, 1980: "To the end . . .Picasso remained Picasso; an indefatigable worker, a lover of mischiefand pranks, quirky, increasingly aloof, mercurial, yet often remarkablygenerous and warm."
As ever this is guaranteed 100% money back, to be as represented.
00062
*An offer close to 75% of original price is sure to be accepted.........
ORIGINAL AND VINTAGE .............PABLO PICASSO............'45 LINOLEUMS GRAVES', 1960, COLOR PENCIL SIGNED, COLOR LITHOGRAPH ON PAPER, 24.5" x 18.25".............
This is a 24.5" x 18.25" Original and Vintage color lithograph on paper by the very important Spanish and French master Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973. The poster was purchased at the opening of the linoleum exhibi...t in Cannes, in December, 1960, by the previous owner and he had Picasso sign it. The chipping of the black ink along the line above the figures is indicative of the first edition only of this poster. The entire poster is intact, not cut down, and it is not laid down. Attached to the backing board with tabs at top. Some toning to the reverse of the poster but the front is in fine condition. Signed in red color pencil just below the image at right. Unframed. In June 2012 at F. Tajan, this poster sold without the Picasso signature for $ 2556. A $ 14. thrift store purchase of a signed and numbered Picasso poster sold recently for $ 7000.
The Biography Follows:
A painter and printmaker who revolutionized western art, Pablo Picassowas born in Spain and lived most of his life either there or inFrance. His father was an art teacher, and the young Pablo grewup in an artistic environment. By the age of fourteen, he was anaccomplished draftsman, and in 1900 at age nineteen, he made his firsttrip to Paris. There he studied the Old Masters* and Classical*sculpture and also was exposed to the paintings of Impressionists* andPost Impressionists*.
Between 1901 and 1904, his work was dominated by a blue palette, whichhas led to this time being called his "Blue Period". Blue, forhim, was to symbolize the ". . . suffering-frequently hunger and cold, the hardships he experienced while attempting to establishhimself." (Arnason, 125) By 1905, his 'Rose or CircusPeriod' was beginning, and also later that year, he became doingpainting reflective of a growing interest in African masks. By1907, he painted what is regarded as his first masterpiece and as thefirst Cubist painting, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.
Although he said: "I think about Death all the time. She is the only woman who never leaves me." (Walther) His relationshipswith 'live' women influenced much of his artwork. It is thoughtthat his switch from 'blue' to 'rose', that is from depression tohappiness, was determined by his meeting Fernande Olivier, allegedlyhis first serious female relationship. He lived with her forseven years. From that time, he did numerous portraits of wives, children and mistresses.
In 1908, Picasso began working in Paris with Georges Braque(1882-1963), and together until 1914 and the beginning of World War I, they created collages* and the first phase of Cubism* that included stilllife and portraits. They worked so closely together that manyscholars are unable to tell some of their work apart or to determinewhich of them contributed certain concepts.
Picasso went to Rome from 1914 to 1918 to do set designs and costumesfor the Russian Ballet and during this time also did some realisticpainting and drawing, and printmaking emerged as a major part of hisart as a result of the time he spent drawing. His graphic art, which actually dated to 1905, was diverse as he was ever looking fornew modes of expression, and he did etchings, drypoint, linocuts, woodcuts, aquatints and sometimes combinations. In Rome, he methis first wife, Olga Koklova, a Russian ballet dancer.
In the early part of the 1920s, he did abstract figurative work thatwas so grotesque in distortion that it set the stage for hisparticipation in Surrealist* exhibitions in Europe. Also theexperimentation with figurative shapes led him to sculpture, aninterest he had expressed earlier.
The 1920s are regarded as one of the most productive periods ofPicasso's career. He did paintings with vivid colorationexpressing his ". . .total experience of curvilinear cubism andclassical idealism." (Arnason, 393) In 1927, he began arelationship with seventeen-year-old Marie Therese Walther, and in 1936with Dora Maar, a photographer. In 1937, inspired by the SpanishCivil War, he painted Guernica, which is regarded as one of hislandmark paintings and certainly one that carried a strong message ofhuman suffering during wartime.
During the World War II years, Picasso did a lot of modeling in clayand creating of assemblages with found objects, and many of the pieces, especially after the War, expressed his sense of humor. Alsoafter the War, he began creating with ceramics, and he was veryproductive with printmaking. His female companion, beginning1943, was Francoise Gilot, a painter, with whom he had two children, Claude and Paloma. His last female relationship was withJacqueline Roque, whom he met in 1953 and married in 1961.
Pablo Picasso died on April 8, 1973 at the age of 91. The lasteight years of his life had been difficult because of prostateproblems, but he continued to be productive. Of him, it waswritten in Time magazine, May 26, 1980: "To the end . . .Picasso remained Picasso; an indefatigable worker, a lover of mischiefand pranks, quirky, increasingly aloof, mercurial, yet often remarkablygenerous and warm."
As ever this is guaranteed 100% money back, to be as represented.
00062
