Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso 1881 - 1973 Portrait de Jacqueline de Face II. 1962. Linocut in colors. Signed and numbered. From an edition of 50 copies, in addition to approximately 20 artist’s proofs from this printing state. On Arches wove paper (with the watermark). 64.2 x 52.6 cm (25.2 x 20.7 in). Sheet: 75,3 x 61,9 cm (29,6 x 24,3 in). Printed by Hidalgo Arnéra, Vallauris. Published by Galerie Leiris, Paris, in 1963. [AR]. • Stylization and reduction: From the second group of large linocuts featuring the artist’s distinctive formal language and line work. • Exemplary of Picasso’s virtuoso mastery of the linocut technique. • Jaqueline Roque, a ceramics saleswoman at Madoura who later became Picasso’s lover and final wife, is the most frequently depicted woman in his oeuvre. PROVENANCE: Private collection of Ottomar Lampe, Kiel. LITERATURE: Brigitte Baer, Picasso peintre-graveur. Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre gravé et des monotypes 1959–1965, vol. V, Bern 1989, CR no. 1280, IVBa (by Bb) (with color plate on p. 362, different copy). Georges Bloch, Pablo Picasso. Catalogue de l’œuvre gravé et lithographié 1904–1967, vol. I, Bern 1984, CR no. 1063 (with b&w illustration on p. 224, different copy, listed here under the title “Tête de Femme”). Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 14.25 h +/- 20 min.

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