Original gouache and watercolor painting, signed Pablo Picasso w COA

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We are offering for sale this stunning cubist artwork signed Picasso in the upper left margin. We guarantee this artworkto be original one of a kind, done by hand not print. It is in excellent condition. This will be a highlight of any collection. Not to be missed. The subject of this work is showing a portrait, depiction of a head of a woman, Tete de femme . Picasso's portraits are considered to be one of the best of the 20th century. This painting is undeniably alluring. It shows the artist mastery of color and line. The main attention is focussed on the facial features, and features of the sitter in general, where the colors are masterfully combined to make the subject almost stand out of the painting , and add liveliness to the picture, thus crating an impressive effect for the viewers eyes. This painting is a testimony to the quality and importance of artists work which have formed part of the process that changed the art of the 20th. century. It is often stated that Picasso and his style art most important of the Modern art. This is light gouache, watercolor and India ink on heavy paper. In manner of Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso. The measurements are 8.3 x 10.8 inch. The painting also has a mark on reverse, which is probably a reference to the previous collection this painting was part of or an exhibition mark. Summary: FEATURING Portrait, Tete de femme MEDIUM : Gouache, watercolor and India ink MEASURES APPROX. 10.8 x 8.3 inch Excellent condition, maintained rich colors Certificate of Authenticity included Registration with the National Fine Arts Title Registry Transfer of ownership to the winning bidder. Biography of Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso was born in Málaga in 1881. A naturally gifted artist, he moved with his family to Barcelona in 1895. He spent a year studying at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, and won a gold medal with his large academic canvas, Science and Charity, which is now on display in Museo Picasso , Barcelona. He went on to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid, when he was 16, but only stayed a few months before he opened his first studio in Barcelona.Picasso spent the four years from 1900 between Paris and Barcelona. He painted pictures of the bohemian life in Paris, and was most heavily influenced by the works of Degas, and Toulouse-Latrec. His Blue Room, painted in 1901, is the best example of this. It is now on display in the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. Because various shades of blue dominated his rather melancholic paintings from 1901 until 1904 it has become known as his Blue Period.He finally settled in Paris in 1904. His paintings now became far more cheerful, and the blue was replaced by pink. This Rose Period lasted for the next year or so, and a common theme of the paintings that he produced during this time was the circus. The Family of Saltimbanques, painted in 1905, is on display in the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. This is the first of many paintings where Picasso used the figure of the harlequin to represent his alter ego. Picasso began to attract more influential patrons, and painted numerous portraits. One of Gertrude Stein, the American writer, now hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.In 1906, Picasso produced pieces that were heavily influenced by Greek, Iberian, and African art and entered his Cubism period. This is evident in Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, which is now on display in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The picture includes heavily distorted figures that are recreated as having components, rather than natural body form, typical of Cubism. He produced a number of works including a portrait of Daniel Henry Kahnweiler. This is now on display in the Art Institute of Chicago. Picasso’s cubism took on another dimension when he began working on collages with paper and cloth. His first collage, Still Life with Chair Caning, is on display in the Musée Picasso in Paris. He also produced a number of fine penc... read more

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