Picasso, Pablo Pique (rouge et jeune). 1962. Linolschnitt... Lot n° 776

Online - Modern and Contemporary Art Classical Modernism Picasso, Pablo Pique (rouge et jeune). 1962. Linocut on wove paper. 27 x 32 cm (32 x 38 cm). - Left margin with narrow, vertical tear-off edge and slight paper abrasion. Overall slightly brownstained, also verso. Still good overall. Excellent, rich impression with fresh colors and narrow margins. Cf. Bloch 908 (motif). - Our sheet a reduced version after the linocut of the same name from 1959 - Picasso invented the method of "reduction", in which the same linocut block was gradually cut out for each new color, so that it was impossible to make further impressions from the original printing block. In 1962, in collaboration with Picasso and the Galerie Louise Leiris, new linoleum plates were produced at 42% of the original size, from whose edition the present work comes. Linocut on wove paper. - Left margin with narrow, vertical tear-off edge and slight paper abrasion. Overall slightly brownstained, also On the verso. Still good overall. Superb, rich impression with fresh colors and narrow margins. - Our sheet a reduced version after the linocut of the same name from 1959 - Picasso invented the method of "reduction", in which the same linocut block was gradually cut out for each new color, so that it was impossible to make further impressions from the original printing block. In 1962, in collaboration with Picasso and the Galerie Louise Leiris, new linoleum plates were produced at 42% of the original size, from whose edition the present work comes.