Pablo Picasso Etching with Aquatint "Nature Morte aux Poires et au Pichet"

Item Details

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
Nature Morte aux Poires et au Pichet (Still Life with Pears and Pitcher), circa 1960
Etching with aquatint
Signed lower right and numbered 142/300 lower left in pencil; numbered 14 DXXXVI in plate

Created after an oil painting by Picasso painted circa 1940, Nature Morte aux Poires et au Pichet depicts a still life with pears and a pitcher. Rendered in Picasso’s Cubist style of flattened, abstracted forms, the objects are illustrated against a grey background.

Pablo Picasso was a pioneer of Modern art. Born in 1881 in Malaga, Spain, he was the son of an artist and began to draw at an early age. His first exhibition in Barcelona was in 1900, and throughout the early years of his career his works were defined by stylistic experimentation, which included his Blue and Rose Periods. Settling in Paris in 1904, he became friendly with a circle of artists, collectors and dealers including Henri Matisse and Gertrude and Leo Stein.

Around 1906, Picasso met Georges Braque and his style moved towards Cubism in which perspective was abandoned and an open form composition was embraced. Backgrounds blended with foregrounds, and objects were distorted as they were depicted from multiple angles. The style paved the way for the development of non-representational art that would be taken up by other artists and dominate the 20th Century aesthetic.

Throughout the rest of his career, Picasso worked in a range of styles including Neoclassicism and Surrealism. His oeuvre includes not only paintings and prints, but collage, theatrical designs, sculpture and ceramics. He had a profound influence on the development of art in the 20th Century, and his works are part of museum collections around the world.

The item is accompanied by the book Goodbye Picasso, attributed to Picasso after his death. The work of art is included in the book, along with the rest of his life’s work.

Condition

- minor scratches to frame; print was not examined outside of frame; clear reside to glass.

Dimensions

- measures frame; plate measures 17" W and 12.74" H.

Item #

18ATL030-152