The original linoblock of "Picador, Femme et cheval" in the garden of the printerArnéra. The original linocut block of Pablo Picasso relished the difficulty involved in gouging the resilient linoleum and tried to get flowing, harmonious lines. Vallauris 1960.
The original linoleum block for Pablo Picasso's "Picador, Femme et cheval," photographed in the garden of the printer Arnéra in Vallauris, 1960. Rendered in fluid, continuous white lines, the composition depicts a picador in profile offering a small object to a horse as a nude woman looks on. Picasso relished the challenge of gouging the resilient material to create harmonious lines. The artwork is dated "25.9.59" in the upper left and signed at the bottom.
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Artworks:
- "Picador, Femme et Cheval" or "Picador debout avec son cheval et une femme", 1959. Bloch.I:913; Geiser/Baer:1238
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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com / © Succession Picasso / 2020, ProLitteris, Zurich
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