PICASSO, Pablo, (Spanish, 1881-1973): Woman Picking Flowers ''Femme Cueillantes des Fleurs'', Linocut, sight size 15.5'' x12.25'', image size 13.75'' x 10.5'', pencil signed lower right and numbered 8/50 lower left, contemporary frame, 26.25'' x 22.25''. Size with margins 24.5'' x 17.5''. Arches watermark in right margin. ''The Spanish painter, graphic artist and sculptor Pablo Picasso created a body of work of about 50,000 paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures and ceramics. He studied at the Royal Academy in Madrid and at the Art Academy in Barcelona, where his father taught. In 1901 Picasso had his first exhibition in a gallery in Paris, followed by numerous international exhibitions. The works from his Blue and Rose period and the establishing of cubism along with Georges Braque marked the beginning of his extraordinary artistic career.'' '' In honor of Picasso's works, two museums, the Museu Picasso in Barcelona and the Museu Picasso in Antibes, were established during his lifetime. Famous for the diversity of his expressions, Pablo Picasso is one of the outstanding artists of the 20th century.'' Excerpt from AskArt August 25, 2016; http://www.askart.com/artist_bio/Pablo_Picasso/9000079/Pablo_Picasso.aspx.
CONDITION: Overall pale browning, minor handling crease in left corner to the right of the numbering in the margin, hairline repair to paper approx. 3'' long in upper left corner, tape remnants in upper margin visible verso with minor paper loss. Some browning in lower margin verso, lower right corner verso, negligible paper loss. Several scattered faint spots, faint discrepancy between exposed paper and margins, faint discrepancy in color with the margin area being lighter.