Pablo Picasso
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and the anti-war painting Guernica (1937), a dramatic portrayal of the bombing of Guernica by German and Italian air forces during the Spanish Civil War
Bachannal with Pair of Lovers
1962
Linocut on Vellum
Sheet dimensions 32 x 37 cm (c. 12 x 14 inches)
Price on Request
Published by Cercle d'Art in 1962.
From 1958 to 1961, Picasso created numerous linocuts, finding the process extremely engaging.
Originally released in signed editions limited to 50 by Galerie Louise Leiris, these pieces now command prices ranging from £8,000 to £80,000. Picasso pioneered the 'reduction' technique, sequentially cutting the same linoleum block for each color, thus precluding any additional prints from the original block.
In 1962, Picasso and Galerie Louise Leiris collaborated to produce new linoleum plates at 42% of the original size, from which the currently available print was produced.