Limited Edition Pochoir after Pablo Picasso "Minotaure et Nue"

Item Details

After Pablo Picasso (Spain; 1881-1973)
Minotaure et Nue
Pochoir print on artist paper
Stamped signature in green to lower right
Numbered 270 out of 500
From portfolio La Flute Double with text by Helene Parmelin
Published by Au Vent D’Arles, 1967

A pochoir on artist paper after the original 1933 lithograph titled Minotaure by Pablo Picasso (Spain; 1881 – 1973), published in 1967 in the folio La Flute Doubleby Au Vent D’Arles. This print features a woman in the embrace of a minotaure, rendered in sweeping, gestural lines. It is marked with stamped signature in green to the lower right and is numbered 270 out of an edition of 500 to the lower left. This work is mounted on black, and presented under glass in a black composite frame.

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.

Condition

- toning to print; discoloration from adhesive residue to upper and lower print edges.

Dimensions

- measures frame. Print sheet measures 21.5" W x 16.5" H.

Item #

18CIN517-542