Lithograph. Signed and numbered. Twice dated "11.1.58" and "27.12.58" in printing substrate. From an edition of 50 copies. On wove paper. 55.5 x 44 cm. Sheet. 65,7 x 50 cm.
[EH] Further works from the Dr. Maier-Mohr Collection will be offered in our Evening Sale and Contemporary Art Day Sale on Friday, June 7, 2024 - see collection catalog "A Private Collection - Dr. Theo Maier-Mohr".
- Portrait of Picasso's last muse and partner, Jacqueline Roque. - Picasso's prints represent a significant part of his oeuvre in terms of their extent, technical variety and expressiveness.
LITERATURE: Georges Bloch, Pablo Picasso. Catalogue de l’œuvre gravé et lithograpié 1904-1967, Bern 1984, no. 852 (illu.). - - Fernand Mourlot, Picasso. Lithograph, no. 310/3 (of 3), Paris 1970.

Galerie Iris Eckert, Kampen a. Sylt Collection of Dr. Theo Maier-Mohr (acquired from the above in 1978, ever since family-owned)

Picasso met Jacqueline, who he married in 1961, in Vallauris in the summer of 1953. The many variations of her portrait are an impressive testimony to his love for her. He began working on the lithograph stone for "Jacqueline lisant" on December 17, 1957, and reworked the stone on January 11, as the date at the top suggests, as no prints of this second state are known. Almost a year later, on December 27, 1958, he reworked the stone once again. By coloring the entire background in a deep black, except for a few shadings in the area of the book, there is a strong focus on the reader in this 3rd state. Pablo Picasso thus succeeds in showing how deeply immersed Jacqueline is in her read.

In good condition, with barely noticeable mount staining, but else without handling creases and without impairments.