Pablo Picasso's Femme couchée et guitariste (Lying woman and guitar), 1959 is a beautiful linocut print that features the artist's famous reductive drawing style. The work is a perfect example of Picasso's experimentation and innovation in the linocut printing technique. The print's composition centers on two figures, a woman lying in the nude in the background and a man playing guitar in the foreground. Both the guitar and nude women were common subjects for Picasso's work throughout his career. The work is printed in warm browns and beiges with simple black lines creating the design of the composition. Femme couchée et guitariste (Lying woman and guitar), 1959 is an incredible showcase of Picasso's linocut printing skill and his creative vision for composition.

Created in 1959, this linocut printed in colors on Arches wove paper is hand-signed by Pablo Picasso (Malaga, 1881- Mougins, 1973) in pencil in the lower right margin and numbered from 50 in pencil in the lower left margin.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:

Pablo Picasso Femme couchée et guitariste (Lying woman and guitar), 1959 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. Bloch, Georges. Picasso Catalogue de l'ouvre gravé et lithographié, Volume I. Switzerland: Kornfeld et Cie, 1968. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 918.
2. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.

About the Framing:

Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Pablo Picasso Femme couchée et guitariste (Lying woman and guitar), 1959 is presented in a complementary moulding and optical grade Plexiglas.