Pablo Picasso, Reclining Woman and Guitarist, from Linogravures, 1962 (after)

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This exquisite linocut after Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) titled Femme Couchee et Homme (Reclining Woman and Man), originates from the rare 1962 album Pablo Picasso, Grabados al linoleo...

This exquisite linocut after Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) titled Femme dans un Fauteuil (Woman in an Armchair), originates from the rare 1962 album Pablo Picasso, Grabados al linoleo (L...

This exquisite linocut after Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) titled Femme Regardant par Fenetre (Woman Looking through Window), originates from the rare 1962 album Pablo Picasso, Grabados ...

This exquisite linocut after Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) titled Tete de Femme (Head of a Woman), originates from the rare 1962 album Pablo Picasso, Grabados al linoleo (Linoleum Engrav...

Femme Couchée et Homme à la Guitare is a beautiful contemporary artwork realized after Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Color linocut realized in smaller size after a linocut by Pablo Pic...

This original linocut in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Picasso" at the lower right margin. This impression is an artist or printer's proof aside from the standard e...

Pablo Picasso 1881-1973 Spanish Guitare sur un guéridon (Guitar on a pedestal) Gouache on Western wove paper laid on board Signed “Picasso” (upper left) Picasso’s prolific career has been marked by many grand love affairs, both romantic, intellectual and creative. Beyond his lovers like Olga Khoklova and Dora Maar and his intellectual muses like Georges Braques and Gertrude Stein, Picasso’s greatest love and inspiration was perhaps a humble instrument: the guitar. Whether it be the Old Guitarist from his early blue period, his groundbreaking series of three-dimensional guitar sculptures from his nascent explorations in Cubism, or his Mandolin and Guitar composition’s grander explorations with color and biomorphic shapes, the guitar is an elusive calling card for modern art’s greatest genius. In Guitare sur un guéridon, Picasso intertwines his signature guitar and a bowl of fruit. These two elements are playfully brought together and skillfully anchored on the tabletop by a square positioned at the center of the composition. The result is a captivating and harmonious arrangement that showcases Picasso's artistic ingenuity in blending these everyday objects into a visually striking and cohesive composition. This rare gouache was created during the pivotal summer of 1920. During this time, Picasso lived in Juan-les-Pins, a small coastal resort town in the South of France away from the confines of the city and the fallout of World War I. With this newfound freedom, Picasso entered an exciting and innovative creative period and began to interrogate the connections between Neoclassicism and Cubism. Picasso created a series of gouache paintings characterized by their flat, geometric nature, sinuous contours and strikingly vivid colors. Though not a complete departure from his previous Cubist works, this series showcased the influence of the Surrealists, especially the biomorphic subconscious explorations of Joan Miró, upon Picasso’s oeuvre. While the breadth of his creativity grew, he returned back to a familiar motif — the guitar — with a renewed sense of vigor and excitement. Guitare sur un guéridon’s undulating lines and biomorphic appeal bring Picasso's preoccupation with the guitar into deeper focus. The sinuous lines of guitar mirror...

This print by Pablo Picasso is a prime example of the artist's manipulation of perspective and reduction of subjects into simple, flat forms rendered in a geometric and angular fashi...