Pablo Picasso Lithograph from "Le Goût du Bonheur," 1970

Item Details

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 – 1973)
Untitled (face sketch)
Lithograph on paper
Unsigned
Pulled from Le Goût du Bonheur (The Taste of Happiness), by Jean Marcenac, 1970
Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York
Printed by Dietz Officin Handpresse
Includes a certificate of authenticity to the verso of frame
Authorized reproduction after a sketchbook drawing, 1964

Provenance
Patrick Cramer, Pablo Picasso: The Illustrated Books, no. 148.

A pioneer of Modern art, Pablo Picasso began his artistic studies as a young child taught by his father. Picasso mastered the fundamentals of art at a young age, which allowed him to deviate and create new movements later in his career. His Blue Period and Harlequin phase show his master of color to express emotion and his notable Cubist and Surrealist works display his understanding of form. Guernica was one of the most inspiring paintings from Picasso’s Cubist period, which was painted during the Spanish Civil War in response to the bombings in the Town of Guernica, Spain. His work can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; and the MoMa, New York; among many others.

• Item not examined outside of mounting

Condition

- discoloration and accretions to print and paper, possibly from ink soaking through paper from different print; flecks of light particulates and accretions present between print, matting, and covering of frame; minor abrasions, scratching, scuffing, discoloration, and particulates to frame.

Dimensions

- measurements of frame; visible sheet measures 6.0" W x 9.0" H.

Item #

ITMG751991