Additional information
| Nationality | Spanish, French |
|---|---|
| Category | European |
| Artist | Picasso |
ArtistPicasso, Pablo (after)
Artist Years1881-1973
Artist NationalitySpanish, French
TitleImaginary Portrait – 4.4.69
Year1972
MediumPrint > Lithograph
DimensionsComposition: 22 X 16 inches
Description
Lithograph after the drawing on 1969, signed with stamped signature upper right, printed on dark gray laid paper. Printed and issued by Marcel Selinas, 1973
NotesThis lithograph, Picasso Portraits Imaginaires, is based on a unique painting on cardboard that Picasso created March 26, 1969. The artist painted a number of similar portraits at his home in Mougins, France that spring. Just four years before his death, Picasso received a delivery of art supplies at his home and studio at Mougins on the French Riviera. The shipment was protected by large sheets of corrugated cardboard. Even at the age of 87, Picasso’s imagination seized on the opportunity of these irresistible blank surfaces. The result was twenty-nine Imaginary Portraits, a gallery of pictorial inventions that have the vigor and daring of an artist just beginning his career.
The renowned lithographer and chromist Marcel Salinas collaborated with Picasso on the Imaginary Portraits series from 1969 to 1972, recreating the lithographs on hand-drawn lithographic plates. The set was issued after Picasso's death in 1973.
There is an American edition and a French edition, each limited to 250 impressions. The French edition include the letter “F” after the numbering. The American edition contains the letter “A” before the numbering. Total edition size was 500.