PABLO PICASSO (SPANISH 1881-1973) §
MODÈLE ET GRANDE TÊTE SCULPTÉE - 1933
£3,750
Auction: 16 April 2020 at 12:00 BST
Description
Etching on Montval paper with Picasso watermark from the Vollard suite, ed. 250, signed in pencil, unframed
Dimensions
44.5cm x 34cm (17.5in x 13.5in), full sheet
Footnote
Biography:
Picasso throughout his life had a prolific output of paintings, sculptures, etchings, and ceramics. His career spanned nearly 80 years and when he died at age 91 in April 1973; he had become one of the most successful and influential artists in history. Picasso is credited, along with Georges Braque, with the creation of Cubism, as well as the co-invention of collage and the invention of constructed sculpture.
His personal life also causes much intrigue, having had several wives, mistresses, and muses. Throughout the 1930s and 40s Picasso entertained principally two women, Marie-Therese Walter and Dora Maar. Maar originally a photographer and a painter expressed her art alongside Picasso. The women in Picasso’s life greatly influenced and inspired his artwork.
Picasso's work is often categorized into periods, such as the Blue Period (1901–1904), the Rose Period (1904–1906), the African-influenced Period (1907–1909), Analytic Cubism (1909–1912), and Synthetic Cubism (1912–1919). The work following these periods tend to be executed in a neoclassical style, eventually showing characteristics of Surrealism. It is obvious that Picasso often changed his style and experimented with different theories, ideas, and techniques throughout his life.