Description:This painterly work is full of luminous and vivid colors, depicting a dancer in an elegant red dress with a large flower on her head. From his brief Post-Impressionist period, Picasso utilizes the brush in an energetic layering of pure hues to create a vibrant scene full of motion and activity.
Created in 1966, this color lithograph is printed on Arches wove paper with a script watermark. Signed in the lower right by Picasso in pencil, this work is numbered from the edition of 60 in the lower left. This work is from the edition before the printed text. Published by the Museo Picasso, Palacio Aguilar, Barcelona, this work was printed by Foto-Repro S.A., Barcelona.
This work was produced in conjunction with a special Picasso exhibition at the Barcelona Museum on the occasion of the artist's 85th Birthday. The image is based on a 1901 painting in the museum's collection and is from Picasso's brief period of Post-Impressionism.
Brilliantly colored with vibrantly saturated hues, this work captures the essence of the artist's use of divided light and pure color. Depicting a dancer with brightly rouged cheeks who confronts the viewer with an air of disdain, a sense of the decadence of Spanish performance is exhibited in this image through the dress and accoutrements of the dancer.
Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
It is fully documented and referenced in (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that I will enclose with the sale of the work) :
1) Czwiklitzer, Christopher, Picasso's Posters, 1971, listed as cat no 234 with details on pg 342.
2) Warncke, Carsten-Peter, Pablo Picasso 1881-1973, Vol I, 1994, original painting listed on page 65.
3) Daix, Pierre and Georges Boudaille, Picasso: The Blue and Rose Periods, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, 1900-1906, 1960, original painting listed as cat no IV.2 on pg 141.
About the Framing:
Conservation framed with archival materials and museum quality, this work is set in a robust Art Nouveau inspired gold leaf frame. The brilliancy of the gold tone in the moulding accentuates and brings out the vibrant colors of the work. The simple yet elegant sculptural detailing in the framing compliments the painterly quality of this piece without detracting from the image. Completed with white linen wrapped mattes and a matching gold inner fillet, this work is set behind an archival Plexiglas cover.
