Pablo Picasso Jeune Homme couronné de feuillage (Young Man with a Crown of Vines), 1962 is a wonderful cubist portrait rendered in rich black, brown, and beige. The features of the young man, trace in graceful black lines, are abstracted in Picasso's unqiue style, elongating the slope of the nose, exaggerating the Grecian curve of the chin, and accenting one large, eye-lash framed pupil.  His head is adorned with a snaking wreath, the curls of which echo the young man's ear, lips, and eyelids. There is a liveliness to the entire portrait, achieved through the quick curves of lines, and the simple playfulness of the abstracted face.

Created in 1962, this color linocut on Arches paper is hand-signed by Pablo Picasso (Malaga, 1881 – Mougins, 1973) in pencil in the lower right. Numbered  from the edition of 50; this work was published by Louise Leiris, Paris and printed by Arnéra, Vallauris.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:

Pablo Picasso Jeune Homme couronné de feuillage (Young Man with a Crown of Vines), 1962 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. McVinney, Donald. Picasso Linoleum Cuts, The Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kramer Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Random House, 1985. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 71.

2. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this artwork.

About the Framing:

Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Pablo Picasso Jeune Homme couronné de feuillage (Young Man with a Crown of Vines), 1962 is presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.