Pablo Picasso
Portrait de Jaqueline Au Chapeau de paille, 1962
Linoleum cut printed in colours, on Arches wove paper
63.8x53 cm, printing block;
75x62 cm, sheet size
75x62 cm, sheet size
artist proof edition of 8
Copyright The Artist
In January 1962, Picasso created several beautiful linocut portraits of Jacqueline Roque, whom he had married in 1961, wearing a straw hat. This print is the first in the series and, with its free interpretation of the motif, is considered one of the most important graphic works from this period. Two preparatory drawings exist (Zervos, Volume 20, 196 and 197).
Provenance
Hidalgo Arnéra
Galleria Maximilian
Private collection, UK (acquired from the above)
Literature
Baer 1279/IV/B/b
Block 1067
Publications
"It was Pablo Picasso who, with his most varied ingenuity, made this technique equal to all others." (Koschatzky, 1972).
From the group of approximately 20 copies of the edition of the Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, from 1963, which were intended for artists and publishers.