%C2%A9 Estate of Pablo Picasso %2F Artists Rights Society %28ARS%29%2C New York
Après la Pique, 1959
Pablo Picassoexpand_more
Color linocutexpand_more
Gift of the Harriet Hanley Estateexpand_more 2002.113
Not on Viewexpand_more
In 1958, Picasso moved with Jacqueline Roque (who would become his second wife in 1961) to the Château de Vauvenargues in the South of France. There they were close to the village of Vallauris, which had recently begun to permit bullfighting. Picasso and Roque were passionate about the bullfight, and he now returned to this subject, which had fascinated him earlier in his career.
Après la Pique depicts the moment when the picador (on the blindfolded horse) has thrust his sharpened lance into the bull’s neck to weaken its shoulder muscles. For this dynamic image of power and struggle, Picasso chose the relief printmaking technique of linoleum cut, using this simple medium to explore form and contrast in expressive ways.
Details
- Title
- Après la Pique
- Artist Life
- (active France), 1881–1973
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2002.113
- Provenance
- (R.S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago); sold to MIA, 2002.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Bloch 910; Baer 1230
- Curator Approved
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