Pablo Picasso Trois Femmes Nues (Three Nude Women), 1965, depicts three women, arranged dynamically across the paper. Their bodies exude an energetic quality that is made up of jagged and sporadic lines. There is exquisiteness to the simplicity of this etching that ultimately brings out the playfulness of Picasso. The woman on the left cups her turned head in her hands. The profile of her face is dominated by a bold asterisk-like eye. The viewer’s attention is immediately drawn to it, the darkest spot on the page. One can see the variant strokes of line work expressively splayed across; where the image drawn gives light to how lively the three women are depicted. Everywhere you look, the contours of the nude women guide our eye towards each other. The arm of the woman in the middle leads to the asterisk-like eye and the elbow of the female on the right directs our attention to the center head. Pablo Picasso, a master of multiple disciplines, exemplifies his amazing skills through simple, energetic, and lively drypoint etching.

Created in 1965, this drypoint etching is hand signed by Pablo Picasso (Malaga, 1881 – Mougins, 1973) in pencil in the lower right and numbered from the edition of 50 in the lower left.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:

Pablo Picasso Trois Femmes Nues (Three Nude Women), 1965 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the sale of the work).

1. Baer, Brigitte. Picasso: Peintre-Graveur, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé et des monotypes, Tome V. Berne: Kornfeld. 1986-1996. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 1184
2. Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié, 4 vol. Berne: Kornfeld and Klipstein. 1968-1979. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 1206.
3. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this artwork.

About the Framing:

Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Pablo Picasso Trois Femmes Nues (Three Nude Women), 1965 is presented in a complementary moulding and optical grade Plexiglas.