Picasso "Charles de Morette by Hans Holbein" Vintage 1960 10x16 Lithograph from the Original 1955 Folio on Vellum Paper LE of 1000

Measures approximately 10.5" x 16.5". Original piece was created 12/13/1955.

Like many artists, Picasso looked to the history of art for inspiration. From the late 1940s to the early 1960s he focused with particular intensity on individual works by past masters, making variations in painting, drawing, sculpture, and prints. The work of these historic figures had a catalytic impact on Picasso at a time when contemporary art—the various forms of Abstract Expressionism, for example—was going in directions counter to his own aesthetic concerns. Picasso tacked a reproduction of a painting by Hans Holbein to his studio wall and it became the basis for the image listed.

In 1955 Picasso moved his home and Studio to La Californie in Cannes, located in the south of France. This art serves as a time capsule of the great artist’s life on a specific date in November of that year.

This two-sided lithograph is an exact fine art print of the pencil, pen and ink sketchbook he created from November 1st, 1955 to January 14th, 1956. Each Lithograph is individually dated and unsigned. It puts into the hands of the art lover the early interpretation of Picasso’s thought process and models prior to the painting process of a kind usually accessible only to the artist's close friends. This is an opportunity to purchase a very scarce and beautifully reproduced lithograph for a fraction of the price of other Picasso limited editions priced from $10,000 and higher.

Publisher: Editions Cercle d'Arte, Paris 1959 and Milan(1960)

Cover shown but not included.

Pablo Picasso (D 1973) is considered one of the most important artists of 20th century. Before the age of 50, the Spanish born artist had become the most well known name in modern art, with the most distinct style and eye for artistic creation. There had been no other artists, prior to Picasso, who had such an impact on the art world, or had a mass following of fans and critics alike, as he did.

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