Pique I

1959

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

Hidalgo Arnéra

Printer, French, 1922-2007

The image features bold, dark silhouettes of two shapes against a lighter background with angular, jagged lines. The composition creates dynamic forms with one larger, curving shape on the left and another rounded, suspended form on the right. The contrast against the textured surface accentuates the figures, suggesting movements found in scenes of bullfighting or equestrian pursuits.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    linocut in black and two shades of brown printed from one block on light brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.5 x 22.6 cm (6 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 37.8 x 48 cm (14 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.20.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 1219, State ii (A) (unrecorded proof)

  • Copyright

    © 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Frederick Mulder, London); purchased by NGA in 1999.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1968

  • Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso; catalogue de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie 1904-1967. Bern: Kornfeld und Klipstein, 1968.

1986

  • Baer, Brigette. Picasso peintre-graveur. 5 vols and Addendum. Berne: Éditions Kornfeld, 1986 (vol. 3); 1988 (vol. 4); 1989 (vol. 5); 1994 (vol. 6); 1996 (vol. 7 and Addendum). See volumes 1 and 2 under Geiser/Baer 1990-1992.

1990

  • Geiser, Bernhard and Brigette Baer. Picasso peintre-graveur. 2 vols. Berne: Éditions Kornfeld, 1990 (vol. 1) and 1992 (vol. 2), no. 1219. See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left to lower center verso in graphite: Linogravure Originale de Picasso - H Arnéra

Wikidata ID

Q75421120

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