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拍品專文
The most striking feature of Picasso's late work is its vitality. It is conveyed by the prodigious output and by the speed and vehemence of the execution, the one being the corollary to the other.
In 1969, when the present drawing was executed, Picasso's painted output of oils had reached the unimaginable number of 167 in this year alone. And more than 100 drawings are recorded of this year. As for speed, which is one of the reasons for his output, this is the sign of the same urgency that impelled Picasso at this time of his life. "I have less and less time", he said, "and I have more and more to say" (K. Gallwitz, Picasso Laureatus, Lausanne and Paris, 1971, p.70).
The year 1969 is characterized by the desire to paint and draw at the same time: "What has to happen, when you finally look at it, is that drawing and colour are the same thing", Picasso noted only a few years earlier.
Just as Matisse, at the end of his life, learned to draw directly by cutting into colour (see lot 601), Picasso succeeds in painting by drawing.
In 1969, when the present drawing was executed, Picasso's painted output of oils had reached the unimaginable number of 167 in this year alone. And more than 100 drawings are recorded of this year. As for speed, which is one of the reasons for his output, this is the sign of the same urgency that impelled Picasso at this time of his life. "I have less and less time", he said, "and I have more and more to say" (K. Gallwitz, Picasso Laureatus, Lausanne and Paris, 1971, p.70).
The year 1969 is characterized by the desire to paint and draw at the same time: "What has to happen, when you finally look at it, is that drawing and colour are the same thing", Picasso noted only a few years earlier.
Just as Matisse, at the end of his life, learned to draw directly by cutting into colour (see lot 601), Picasso succeeds in painting by drawing.