1962
Linocut in beige and black on Arches Wove paper
Signed and numbered: 2/50
Copyright: Pablo Picasso
Printer: Hidalgo Arnéra
Publisher: Published by Galerie Louise Leiris (Paris), stamp on the reverse
Print plate: 34,8 x 26,8 cm
Sheet: 62,5 x 44,1 cm
Lit.: Bloch, G., Pablo Picasso, Vol. I, Catalogue of Graphic Works 1904–1967, Catalogue Raisonné; Kornfeld and Klipstein, Bern, Germany, 1972, Cat. 1079, p. 225 (the illustration shows a different copy, titled ‘Femme aux cheveux flous’); Baer, B. and Geiser, B., Picasso. Peintre-Graveur, Catalogue raisonné of etchings and lithographs, Editions Kornfeld, Bern, Germany, 1986–1996, Vol. V, Cat. 1297; Wye, D., (Stroll, D., [ed.]), A Picasso Portfolio, MOMA New York, New York, 2010, cat. 126, p. 159 (ill., another copy), 191
Pablo Picasso’s ‘Jacqueline au Bandeau’, 1962, a linocut on Arches laid paper, signed and numbered. This is an impressive portrait of Jacqueline Roque, Picasso’s second wife and last great muse, who inspired him to produce an extraordinary number of works during the final two decades of his life. By 1962, Picasso had mastered the linocut technique, which required successive layers to be carved and printed from the same linocut block. This demanding method left no room for error, yet enabled Picasso to explore colour and form with directness and boldness.