PABLO PICASSO Spanish, 1881-1973
Boy with a Crown of Leaves | Jeune homme couronné de feuillage, 1959
Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Linocut in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 62.9 x 44.3 cm. / 24.8 x 17.4 in.
Image size: 34.9 x 26.8 cm. / 13.7 x 10.5 in.
Image size: 34.9 x 26.8 cm. / 13.7 x 10.5 in.
This original linocut is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Picasso” in the right lower margin.
It is inscribed” pour Arnera fils’ [For Arnera’s son] above the signature.
This is a dedicated proof aside from the standard edition of 50.
The work was printed by Hidalgo Arnéra in Vallauris and published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris in 1963.
The paper bears the Arches watermark along the right margin.
Note: Picasso had moved to the South of France with his second wife Jacqueline Roque in 1955, at the age of 78. Far from the printshops of Mourlot and Frélaut in Paris, Picasso began to make linocuts with the printer Hidalgo Arnéra in Vallauris. He experimented with the printing methods, from the physical carving and inking of the plates to the chemical makeup of the inks and created about 200 linocuts in this period.
Arnéra was an involved collaborator in Picasso’s experimentation. Frustrated by the technical limitations of traditional colour relief printing, Picasso invented his own 'reductive' method. While Picasso had occasionally used the linocut technique before to a limited extent, his previous efforts essentially mimicked the woodcut. As he worked with Arnéra, however, he developed the medium to its full expressive potential, using methods as unique as sanding the plate for texture and wetting an inked sheet under the shower to achieve particular textural effects. His innovative linocut technique allowed Picasso to work with fluidity to realise his unique creative vision.
Provenance: A gift from the Artist to his printer Hidalgo Arnéra.
The Monterey Museum of Art sold to Benefit Future Acquisitions.
Literature: Bloch, George, 1971. Pablo Picasso: Tome I, Catalogue of the printed graphic work 1904-1967. Bern: Edition Kornfeld et Klipstein.
Reference: Bloch 1087
2. Baer, Brigitte. 1994. Picasso: Peintre-Graveur, Tome V, Catalogue Raisonne de l'OEuvre Grave et des Monotypes, 1959-1965, Editions Kornfeld, Berne.
Reference: Baer 1307
Condition: Very good condition.
It is inscribed” pour Arnera fils’ [For Arnera’s son] above the signature.
This is a dedicated proof aside from the standard edition of 50.
The work was printed by Hidalgo Arnéra in Vallauris and published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris in 1963.
The paper bears the Arches watermark along the right margin.
Note: Picasso had moved to the South of France with his second wife Jacqueline Roque in 1955, at the age of 78. Far from the printshops of Mourlot and Frélaut in Paris, Picasso began to make linocuts with the printer Hidalgo Arnéra in Vallauris. He experimented with the printing methods, from the physical carving and inking of the plates to the chemical makeup of the inks and created about 200 linocuts in this period.
Arnéra was an involved collaborator in Picasso’s experimentation. Frustrated by the technical limitations of traditional colour relief printing, Picasso invented his own 'reductive' method. While Picasso had occasionally used the linocut technique before to a limited extent, his previous efforts essentially mimicked the woodcut. As he worked with Arnéra, however, he developed the medium to its full expressive potential, using methods as unique as sanding the plate for texture and wetting an inked sheet under the shower to achieve particular textural effects. His innovative linocut technique allowed Picasso to work with fluidity to realise his unique creative vision.
Provenance: A gift from the Artist to his printer Hidalgo Arnéra.
The Monterey Museum of Art sold to Benefit Future Acquisitions.
Literature: Bloch, George, 1971. Pablo Picasso: Tome I, Catalogue of the printed graphic work 1904-1967. Bern: Edition Kornfeld et Klipstein.
Reference: Bloch 1087
2. Baer, Brigitte. 1994. Picasso: Peintre-Graveur, Tome V, Catalogue Raisonne de l'OEuvre Grave et des Monotypes, 1959-1965, Editions Kornfeld, Berne.
Reference: Baer 1307
Condition: Very good condition.
$ 50,000.00 Unframed
