1948 After Pablo Picasso "Les Adolescents", First Edition Period Parisian Lithograph, C. O. A.

Description

A stunning vintage period offset lithograph, print, after painting "Les Adolescents" (The Teens, 1905) by Pablo Picasso. Comes from a … more A stunning vintage period offset lithograph, print, after painting "Les Adolescents" (The Teens, 1905) by Pablo Picasso. Comes from a First Limited Edition art folio, published by Editions Du Chene in Paris, France in 1948. Edition N269. Printed on one side. Hand tipped-in on a board of heavy paper. Information regarding the original artwork will be found by lifting the piece, in French. Numbered on the board: XVI. Excellent condition of the print; minor edge wear on the board; never framed. Certificate of Authenticity (COA) is included.

Overall 10.95"W x 14.90"H
Image 7.90"W x 10.75"H

This red/pink monochrome that characterizes The Adolescents first appeared after Picasso’s visit to Gosol with his partner Fernande. The earth in this village in the Catalan Pyrenees was done in an unusual ochre colour that Picasso included in his “Rose Period” (1904-1906). Two nude figures, outlined and modelled on a monochrome background, give the image a sculptural and classical haracter. The poses are hieratic: the young man crosses his arms above his head, while the young woman, or androgynous adolescent, balances a pitcher on her head in a timeless pose. Jean Cassou highlighted the Mediterranean character of this brief phase in Picasso’s art, and its relationship with the art of Maillol (1861-1944). Undulating lines can be made out below the legs of the two figures. This in fact is the sketch from another composition intended to be in horizontal format, but which the artist chose to erase. Paul Guillaume bought this beautiful painting in 1930. It came from the art dealer Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939). The "pink classicism" of this painting seems to anticipate the period after 1906 of the "return to order", which characterized Picasso’s work in the 1920s, and which corresponds with other paintings in the Orangerie like the large Bathers of the 1920s. Provenance of the original painting: Ambroise Vollard, Paris; Paul Guillaume (1930); Domenica Walter.; less