SOLD Pablo Picasso - Handsigned Lithograph - Maternity 1963
After PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Maternity (Grande MaterniteĢ)
April 29, 1963
Lithograph
Signed and Dated
Handsigned in Pencil
Dimensions
H 27.1/4 in. x W 20.3/4 in.
H 69 cm x W 53 cm
Born in Malaga, Spain, in October of 1881, he was the first child born in the family. His father worked as an artist, and was also a professor at the school of fine arts; he also worked as a curator for the museum in Malaga. Pablo Picasso studied under his father for one year, then went to the Academy of Arts for one year, prior to moving to Paris. In 1901 he went to Paris, which he found as the ideal place to practice new styles, and experiment with a variety of art forms. It was during these initial visits, which he began his work in surrealism and cubism style, which he was the founder of, and created many distinct pieces which were influenced by these art forms.
Picasso is not just a man and his work. Picasso is always a legend, indeed almost a myth. In the public view he has long since been the personification of genius in modern art. Picasso is an idol, one of those rare creatures who act as crucibles in which the diverse and often chaotic phenomena of culture are focussed, who seem to body forth the artistic life of their age in one person.