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After Pablo Picasso — Imaginary Portraits: One Plate
After Pablo Picasso

Imaginary Portraits: One Plate

A striking work executed in the manner of Pablo Picasso, this piece presents a fragmented and abstracted portrait that embodies the hallmarks of Cubist expression. The subject's features are simultaneously depicted from multiple viewpoints, dissolving conventional representation into a dynamic interplay of shifting planes and bold contours. The composition reflects Picasso's revolutionary approach to form and identity, reimagining the human face as a site of psychological complexity and visual invention.

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March 4, 2019

Estimate: $2,000$3,000

Lot 51

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After Pablo Picasso, Imaginary Portraits: One Plate

A striking work executed in the manner of Pablo Picasso, this piece presents a fragmented and abstracted portrait that embodies the hallmarks of Cubist expression. The subject's features are simultaneously depicted from multiple viewpoints, dissolving conventional representation into a dynamic interplay of shifting planes and bold contours. The composition reflects Picasso's revolutionary approach to form and identity, reimagining the human face as a site of psychological complexity and visual invention.

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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Twentieth Century, Cubism, Modernist, Imaginative, Expressive, Abstraction, Portrait, Modern, Spanish, Figurative

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