PABLO PICASSO
PABLO PICASSO

Grande Tête de Femme au Chapeau (B. 1078; Ba. 1293)

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PABLO PICASSO
Grande Tête de Femme au Chapeau (B. 1078; Ba. 1293)
linocut in colors, 1962, on Arches, signed in pencil, dedicated 'pour Arnera fils' (presumably one of the approximately 20 artist's proofs aside from the edition of 50), published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, 1963, with full margins, generally in very good condition
B. 25 1/8 x 20¾ in. (638 x 527 mm.)
S. 29½ x 24¼ in. (749 x 616 mm.)

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Following the end of the World War II, Picasso moved to Château de Vauvenargues in the south of France. Isolated from the established print workshops of Paris, a local poster printer named Hidalgo Arnéra suggested the linocut medium to Picasso as it was inexpensive and less cumbersome than lithography or engraving. A relief printing technique where images are created from a highly malleable printing matrix, the linocut fosters bold colors and sinuous lines as in the above image. Picasso famously grew frustrated with the tedious nature of multi-sheet linocut production and developed a revolutionary method where each image was created from a single sheet of linoleum. With Arnéra's assistance as printer, Picasso produced over one hundred of these dynamic images from 1958 - 1963, and as collaborators each encouraged the other to redefine the medium. The above print Grande Tête de Femme au Chapeau, a printer's proof aside from the numbered edition, was selected by Picasso especially for Arnéra, and bears his dedication as testament to their creative bond.

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