Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Jacqueline

In 1962, Picasso collaborated with Éditions Cercle d'Art and the printer Hidalgo Arnéra of Vallauris to publish an official collection
of his most important linocuts created in previous years.
The distinctive feature of this publication was its exceptional quality: the images were not mere lithographic or photographic
commercial offset reproductions,
but actual engraved prints (linocuts), reduced and printed directly from Arnéra's blocks/processes to faithfully reproduce the colors, inking, and texture.
The plates included in this edition published by
Cercle d'Art were bound into the volume
(or inserted loose in a mat in the art portfolio)
and were never individually signed or numbered in pencil by Picasso.
The only “signature” or date present is the one engraved by Picasso himself on the original
linoleum block, which appears reversed on the sheet (17.10.59), visible in the last photo.