Pablo Picasso Spanish, 1881-1973
Jacqueline de profil à droite, 1958
Lithograph on Arches wove paper
Image: 55.7 x 44 cm (22 x 17 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 65.5 x 50.2 cm (25 7/8 x 19 ¾ in.)
Framed: 93 x 92 cm (36 5/8 x 36 ¼ in.)
Sheet: 65.5 x 50.2 cm (25 7/8 x 19 ¾ in.)
Framed: 93 x 92 cm (36 5/8 x 36 ¼ in.)
Numbered 48/50 (there were also six proofs for the artist and printer).
Signed in pencil lower right, "Picasso".
This portrait of Jacqueline Roque, Picasso's second wife and muse, belongs to a series of six lithographic portraits made between December 1957 and December 1958. Picasso developed the image through three states, beginning with a somewhat prosaic profile in which Jacqueline is presented with her hair in a chignon on a light ground, then extensively re-working the plate with tusche wash to create the view of her in three-quarter profile with her hair falling on her shoulders on a dark background.
Using a knife he scraped a network of highlights into the stone which delineate the figure. The effect is of a nocturnal scene in which Jacqueline's elegant features appear lit by a lamp or a candle.
This portrait of Jacqueline Roque, Picasso's second wife and muse, belongs to a series of six lithographic portraits made between December 1957 and December 1958. Picasso developed the image through three states, beginning with a somewhat prosaic profile in which Jacqueline is presented with her hair in a chignon on a light ground, then extensively re-working the plate with tusche wash to create the view of her in three-quarter profile with her hair falling on her shoulders on a dark background.
Using a knife he scraped a network of highlights into the stone which delineate the figure. The effect is of a nocturnal scene in which Jacqueline's elegant features appear lit by a lamp or a candle.