PICASSO FANTASTIC PENCIL DRAWING- SIGNED

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WE ARE SERIOUS SELLERS Pencil on paper inscribed Picasso MEDIUM: Pencil on an aged paper. MEASURES: cm. 20 x 15 DATED: NOT CONDITION: good FRAME: never be framed SHIPPING AND HANDLING: free shipping¡¡¡¡¡ PROVENANCE: from a private collection. I purchased this wonderful drawing many years ago at a market in the streets of Paris, I lovingly preserved until such time when economic necessity'm selling some of the possessions I have accumulated over many years of searching for markets and antique shops throughout Europe. This wonderful drawing, which I estimate that within the recollection Cubist painter from Malaga, is fully representative and I think any lover of art, whether or not a collector, considered a luxury to have in his possession. As I say, I catch a flea market so I do not have any documentation of its earlier provenance. Pablo Ruiz Picasso (October 25, 1881 - April 8, 1973) was one of the recognized masters of 20th century art. Picasso (his mother's family name) was born in Malaga, Spain and is probably most famous as the founder, along with Georges Braque, of Cubism. However in a long life he produced a wide and varied body of work, the best-known being the Blue Period works which feature moving depictions of acrobats, harlequins, prostitutes, beggars and artists. - Pablo Picasso (1916) - While Picasso was primarily a painter (in fact he believed that an artist must paint in order to be considered a true artist), he also worked with small ceramic and bronze sculptures, collage and even produced some poetry. "Je suis aussi un poete," as he quipped to his friends. Picasso hated to be alone when he wasn't working. In Paris, in addition to having a distinguished coterie of friends in the Montmartre and Montparnasse Quarters, including Andre Breton, Guillaume Apollinaire, writer Gertrude Stein and others, he usually maintained a number of mistresses in addition to his wife or primary partner. Picasso's most famous work is probably his depiction of the German bombing of Guernica, Spain. This large canvas embodies for many the inhumanity, brutality and hopelessness of war. The painting of the picture was captured in a series of photographs by Picasso's most famous lover, Dora Maar, a distinguished artist in her own right. The Guernica hung in New York's Museum of Modern Art for many years, and is now in Madrid--Picasso stipulated that the painting should go to Spain when democracy was restored in that country. As certain works, for example the Cubist pieces, tend to be associated in the public mind with Picasso, it is important to realize how talented Picasso was as a painter and draughtsman. He was capable of working with oils, watercolours, pastels, charcoal, pencil, ink, or indeed any medium with equally high facility. With his most extreme cubist works he came close to deconstructing a complex scene into just a few geometric shapes while at the same time being capable of photo-realistic pen and ink sketches of his friends. Picasso had a massive talent for almost any artistic endeavor he turned his mind to, extensive academic training, and a ferocious work-ethic. Early LifePicasso's father Don José was himself a painter and for most of his life was a professor of art at Spanish colleges. The Picasso Museum in Barcelona features his works, created while he was living in Spain, as well as the extensive collection of Jaime Sabartes, Picasso's close friend from his Barcelona days, and for many years, Picasso's personal secretary. There are many precise and detailed figure studies done in his youth under his father's tutelage that clearly demonstrate his firm grounding in classical techniques, as well as rarely seen works from his old age. Picasso and PacifismIt is true that Picasso remained neutral during the Spanish Civil War, World War I and World War II, refusing to fight for any side or country. Picasso never commented on this but encouraged the idea that it ... read more

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