Stoic and determined, a painter is seen in this linocut hard at work. With a palette in one hand and a frenzied brush in the other, he works tirelessly to create a masterpiece. Utilizing simple shapes and lines to create complex imagery, Picasso's abstract technique takes on a multitude of layers in this work. Shapes overlap and intersect to create various textures, highlights, and shadows in the composition. Using the black against the white paper, the viewer is instantly drawn in to the image as the contrast catches the eye and transports you into the painter’s world.

Created in 1963, Pablo Picasso Painter with Palette (Peintre a la palette) 1963, is a linocut on Arches paper and is hand-signed by Pablo Picasso (Malaga, 1881 - Mougins, 1973) in pencil in the lower right margin and numbered from the edition of 150 in pencil in the lower left margin.

CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ & COA:
Pablo Picasso Painter with Palette (Peintre a la palette) 1963 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, Tome V 1959-1965. Berne: Editions Kornfeld, 1989.Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 1342.

2. Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso, Tome I Catalogue de l’oeuvre gravé et lithographié 1904-1067. Berne: Editions Kornfeld, 1984. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 1153.

3. McVinney, L. Donald, et al 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. 103.

4. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.

About the Framing:
Pablo Picasso Painter with Palette (Peintre a la palette) 1963, is framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, presented in a complementary moulding and finished with linen-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.