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Piano ピアノ（ぴあの）｜Pablo Picasso パブロ・ピカソ（ぱぶろ・ぴかそ）

This lithograph titled “Piano” is part of Pablo Picasso’s reinterpretation series inspired by Diego Velázquez’s masterpiece “Las Meninas” (1656), one of the most influential works in the history of Western art.

While Velázquez’s original composition does not include a piano, Picasso reimagined the scene through his own inventive lens. Drawing inspiration from the two dwarfs and the dog depicted on the right side of the original painting, Picasso introduced a completely new motif: a young boy playing the piano. This imaginative transformation exemplifies Picasso’s lifelong dialogue with art history and his ability to create new visual narratives from canonical works.

The lithograph was produced at the renowned Mourlot Studio in France, a workshop closely associated with Picasso’s graphic works. The edition bears the Mourlot embossed stamp on the lower left, and a pencil signature by master printer Henri Deschamps on the lower right, attesting to its authenticity and quality.

This work belongs to a limited edition of 500 impressions and is numbered 299/500. Created in 1992, it represents a posthumous edition printed under strict supervision, following established studio practices and market conventions for Picasso lithographs.

A dynamic and intellectually engaging work, “Piano” highlights Picasso’s extraordinary capacity for reinvention, making it a compelling acquisition for collectors of modern art and Picasso enthusiasts alike.

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Artist Profile
1881 Born in Málaga, Spain
1897 Entered the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando
1901 First solo exhibition in Paris, beginning of the Blue Period
1905 Beginning of the Rose Period
1907 Painted “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon”
1908 Co-founded Cubism with Georges Braque
1909 Analytical Cubism period
1912 Began papier collé and Synthetic Cubism
1920 Neoclassical period
1925 Moved closer to Surrealism
1937 Created “Guernica” in protest against the bombing of Guernica
1939 Solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964 Retrospective exhibitions in Japan and Canada
1970 Opening of the Picasso Museum in Barcelona
1973 Died in Mougins, France

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None

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Dimensions & Weight
Image size 75.5 × 54 cm
Total size including accessories 75.5 × 54 × 0.2 cm
Weight 104 g

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Technique & Condition
Lithograph on paper
Mourlot embossed stamp
Printer’s pencil signature by Henri Deschamps
Edition 299/500
Dated 1992
Condition excellent

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Lithograph - Not signed - 299/500 - 1992

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Piano

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