Deux Femmes - Original Linocut After Pablo Picasso - 1962 1962

Deux Femmes is a beautiful contemporary artwork realized after Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Original color linocut realized in smaller size after a linocut by Pablo Picasso of 1959. Passepartout included. Very good conditions, except for minor signs of foxing on edges. The composition shows two naked woman looking each other. The colors are limited to a range of grey-black and white tones. The linocut image shows vivid and fresh colors. This work is part of an outstanding edition realized by Gerd Hatje in Stuttgart in 1962, as German edition of the French one realized by Galerie Leiris and published by Edition Cercle d'Art. Pablo Picasso is one of the key figures of modern art, regarded as the creator of Cubism. He made original artworks and developed new imagery and formal syntax. In addition to this, Picasso realized wonderful etchings and linocuts, which exemplify his immense talent also as a printmaker. Linocuts form a relatively small part of Picasso’s oeuvre as a printmaker, however some of his most extraordinary compositions were produced using this method in a short burst of activity between 1958 and 1963. The artist, at the age of 78, turned away from etching and lithography – his favourite means of graphic expression – and embraced the linocut technique.