Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) (after) - "Femme Assise A l´Echarpe Verte, 1960"

- Pablo Picasso (after), "Femme Assise A l´Echarpe Verte, 1960", offset lithograph on heavyweight smooth satin paper (approx. 300gsm, refers to paper thickness/density).

- Authorized edition 1999.

- Signed in the plate.

- Stamp on verso.

- Ready to frame. The pic in which the item appears framed is a simulated recreation for illustrative purposes only, the frame and other decorative elements shown in it are not included in the lot you are bidding on.

- Size: 40 x 50cm.

- Condition: excellent. Never framed. Never exposed.

- Created during the final and extraordinarily prolific decades of Pablo Picasso’s career, Femme Assise à l’Écharpe Verte reflects the radical freedom and expressive power that define the artist’s late style. In this period, the Spanish master revisited and reinvented the great themes of his oeuvre the seated woman, the studio model and the dialogue between line and colour with a visual language that combines the legacy of Cubism with a bold, almost sculptural simplification of form. The frontal pose, the mask-like face and the emphatic contour recall both his African-influenced works and the monumental figures of his 1920s Neoclassical phase, while the vibrant green scarf introduces a chromatic accent typical of his mature palette.

By 1960 Picasso had already transformed the course of modern art alongside figures such as Georges Braque, Henri Matisse and Joan Miró, and his late paintings stand in direct conversation with the gestural freedom of Willem de Kooning and the expressive figuration later pursued by Francis Bacon. The seated female figure a central motif throughout his career from the portraits of Dora Maar and Marie-Thérèse Walter to the powerful women of the post-war years becomes here an icon of timeless modernity, rendered with the immediacy and confidence that made Picasso one of the most influential artists in the history of art.

Highly sought after on the international market and continuously exhibited in major institutions such as the Musée Picasso in Paris, MoMA in New York and the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid, Picasso’s late works have gained increasing recognition among collectors for their spontaneity, graphic strength and direct connection to contemporary art. Their visual impact resonates perfectly with modern interiors, bridging classical modernism, design culture and the aesthetics of the post-war avant-garde.

This composition embodies the enduring relevance of Picasso’s vision a synthesis of innovation, tradition and expressive freedom that continues to inspire generations of artists from Andy Warhol and David Hockney to Jean-Michel Basquiat and confirms his position as the central figure of 20th-century art.

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