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After Pablo Picasso — Grande Maternité
After Pablo Picasso

Grande Maternité

1963

"Grande Maternité" is a color lithograph by Pablo Picasso that explores the artist's recurring theme of motherhood through his characteristic Cubist vocabulary. The work demonstrates Picasso's masterful use of the lithographic medium to achieve rich chromatic effects on the fine Arches wove paper, a premium support favored by printmakers. The composition exemplifies Picasso's ability to distill the intimate bond between mother and child into abstracted, interlocking forms that convey both tenderness and formal complexity.

Medium
lithograph printed in colors on Arches wove paper

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February 19, 2025

Estimate: $8,000$12,000

Lot 226

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After Pablo Picasso, Grande Maternité, 1963

"Grande Maternité" is a color lithograph by Pablo Picasso that explores the artist's recurring theme of motherhood through his characteristic Cubist vocabulary. The work demonstrates Picasso's masterful use of the lithographic medium to achieve rich chromatic effects on the fine Arches wove paper, a premium support favored by printmakers. The composition exemplifies Picasso's ability to distill the intimate bond between mother and child into abstracted, interlocking forms that convey both tenderness and formal complexity.

Medium
lithograph printed in colors on Arches wove paper
Year
1963
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

20th Century, Motherhood, Cubism, Figurative Abstraction, Large Scale Painting, Tender and protective, Spanish Artist, Monumental Composition, Oil on Canvas, Family relationships

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