Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) – Picador et Taureau – Linocut in colors on Arches paper – 1959

Linocut in colors on Arches paper, edited in 1959
Limited edition of 50 copies
signed in pencil by artist in lower right corner and numbered 21/50 in lower left
image size: 64.5 x 53.5 cm
Paper size: 72,9 x 59,5 cm
Framed size: 98.5 x 85.5 cm

very good conditions

Publications / Catalogue Raisonnée :
This work is fully documented and referenced in the official Catalogue:
– Baer 1229, Bloch 907

A regular certificate of Authenticity and legitimate provenience is provided , and also a copy of publication of the reference catalogue

Framed to museum standards in a handmade frame ,
the background is made ph neutral for proper preservation of the work over the years , to avoid oxidation.

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Notes:
Pablo Picasso Picador et Taureau (Picador and Bull), 1959 is a dynamic artwork with flowing lines and a palette of brown, black, beige and mauve. A favorite scene of the Spanish artist, the viewer bears witness to a dramatic bullfight. The subjects of this composition are the Picador, the horse, and the bull. Picasso abstracts these figures to bold and graphic black lines; their forms simplified yet still recognizable. The neutral palette showcases Picasso’s distinct style of building up tonal range with the use of flat, graphic shapes of color. To create this composition, Picasso utilized a relief printmaking technique called “reduction” in which the artist gradually cuts away from a single block, printing each color in layers. As Picasso progressively cut away from the linoleum block, he builds an environment which becomes fuller and fuller with detail, atmosphere, and life.

Created in 1959, Pablo Picasso Picador et Taureau (Picador and Bull), 1959 is a color linocut printed by Arnéra, Vallauris and published by Louise Leiris, Paris. Hand signed by Pablo Picasso (Malaga, 1881 – Mougins, 1973) in pencil in the lower right margin, this work is numbered from the edition of 50 in pencil in the lower left margin.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:

Pablo Picasso Picador et Taureau (Picador and 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 sale of the work).

1. Baer, Brigitte. Picasso: Peintre-graveur, Tome V 1959-1965. Berne: Editions Kornfeld, 1989. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 1229.
2. Bloch, Georges. Picasso: Tome I, Catalogue de l’oeuvre gravé et lithographié 1904-1967.Berne: Editions Kornfeld et Cie, 1986. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 907.
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. 13.