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PICASSO, Pablo, Le Faune (The Faun), 1958
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Signed Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973), Original Color Etching and Aquatint, Le Faune (The Faun), 1958  |
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| Artist: | Picasso, Pablo (1881 - 1973) |
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| Title: | Le Faune (The Faun), 1958 |
| Reference: | M.2101 |
| Medium: | Original Color Etching and Aquatint |
| Image Size: | 11 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in (29.2 cm x 24.8 cm) |
| Sheet Size: | 12 3/4 in x 9 7/8 in (32.4 cm x 25 cm) |
| Framed Size: | 30 1/2 in x 27 3/4 in (77.5 cm x 70.5 cm) |
| Signed: | Hand signed by Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) in red pencil in the lower right margin |
| Edition: | Annotated “épreuve à colour | II/IV” in pencil in the lower left margin. Published by Crommelynk, Paris |
| Condition: | This work is in excellent condition, with wonderful textural biting of the plate throughout the image |
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| Description: | |
Capturing our attention with a striking glance and highly detailed features, this work is poetically graceful in depicting the youthful faun. Illustrating the artist’s technical skill and mastery of the medium, Picasso allures the viewer with bold tones and a lively use of texture. Created in 1958, this original etching and aquatint is signed by Picasso in red color pencil in the lower right hand side of the work. An artist’s proof before the edition of 300, this work is numbered II/IV and noted “épreuve à colour” in pencil in the lower left hand side of the work. Published by Crommelynk, Paris. Looking joyfully out at the viewer, the faune is adorned in a crown of leaves full of rich tones and textures. The use of deep layered hues of green, blue, black and brown create a sense of depth and warmth within the image. Full of painterly textural areas, the section surrounding the face on the right brings out the features and contrast of the face. The crown of leaves is deeply colored in greens and blacks, with an immense wealth of detailed imagery. Filling the face with textured areas, the beard and eyebrows of the faun are layered with deep blacks and intricate hatched lines. Picasso’s depiction of the faun is found throughout his works, illustrating the artist’s enthusiasm for mythical and wondrous creatures. Catalogue Raisonné & COA: 1. A Masterworks Certificate of Authenticity will be included with the sale of this work. 2. Maeght listed as 2101. About the Framing: | |
| Style: | 20th Century Modern Art, Modern Artist, Cubism, Cubist |
Biography of Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
"Yet Cubism and Modern art weren't either scientific or intellectual; they were visual and came from the eye and mind of one of the greatest geniuses in art history. Pablo Picasso, born in Spain, was a child prodigy who was recognized as such by his art-teacher father, who ably led him along. The small Museo de Picasso in Barcelona is devoted primarily to his early works, which include strikingly realistic renderings of casts of ancient sculpture.
"He was a rebel from the start and, as a teenager, began to frequent the Barcelona cafes where intellectuals gathered. He soon went to Paris, the capital of art, and soaked up the works of Manet, Gustave Courbet, and Toulouse-Lautrec, whose sketchy style impressed him greatly. Then it was back to Spain, a return to France, and again back to Spain - all in the years 1899 to 1904.
"Before he struck upon Cubism, Picasso went through a prodigious number of styles - realism, caricature, the Blue Period, and the Rose Period. The Blue Period dates from 1901 to 1904 and is characterized by a predominantly blue palette and subjects focusing on outcasts, beggars, and prostitutes. This was when he also produced his first sculptures. The most poignant work of the style is in Cleveland's Museum of Art, La Vie (1903), which was created in memory of a great childhood friend, the Spanish poet Casagemas, who had committed suicide. The painting started as a self-portrait, but Picasso's features became those of his lost friend. The composition is stilted, the space compressed, the gestures stiff, and the tones predominantly blue. Another outstanding Blue Period work, of 1903, is in the Metropolitan, The Blind Man's Meal. Yet another example, perhaps the most lyrical and mysterious ever, is in the Toledo Museum of Art, the haunting Woman with a Crow (1903).
"The Rose Period began around 1904 when Picasso's palette brightened, the paintings dominated by pinks and beiges, light blues, and roses. His subjects are saltimbanques (circus people), harlequins, and clowns, all of whom seem to be mute and strangely inactive. One of the premier works of this period is in Washington, D.C., the National Gallery's large and extremely beautiful Family of Saltimbanques dating to 1905, which portrays a group of circus workers who appear alienated and incapable of communicating with each other, set in a one-dimensional space.
"In 1905, Picasso went briefly to Holland, and on his return to Paris, his works took on a classical aura with large male and fernale figures seen frontally or in distinct profile, almost like early Greek art. One of the best of these of 1906 is inthe Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, NY, La Toilette. Several pieces in this new style were purchased by Gertrude (the art patron and writer) and her brother, Leo Stein. The other major artist promoted by the Steins during this
