Jacqueline (Les Dames de Mougins): Pablo Picasso
A World Imagined: Original Prints & Ceramics by Picasso, Chagall, Miró & Braque
Hand-signed lithograph in colours of Jacqueline Roque by Pablo Picasso, numbered 76/500 and published in 1964 from Les Dames de Mougins
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)
Jacqueline (Les Dames de Mougins)
After a drawing dated 17 May 1958
Published 1964
Lithograph in colours on wove paper
Hand signed in red wax crayon lower right
Edition 76/500
Printed by Atelier Mourlot, Paris
Published by Éditions Cercle d'Art, Paris
Jacqueline Roque, Pablo Picasso's second wife and enduring muse, became one of the defining subjects of the artist's final creative decades. After they met in the early 1950s, she appeared in hundreds of paintings, drawings, ceramics and prints, her distinctive features continually reinterpreted through Picasso's ever-evolving visual language. Their relationship endured until the artist's death in 1973, making Jacqueline the central figure of his late work.
This lithograph is based on a portrait Picasso drew on 17 May 1958, the date appearing in the upper right of the composition alongside the inscription "Pour ma chère Jacqueline" ("For my dear Jacqueline"). The portrait was published in 1964 in Les Dames de Mougins, written by Hélène Parmelin and published by Éditions Cercle d'Art, Paris. It was printed by the renowned Atelier Mourlot, whose long collaboration with Picasso produced many of the artist's most celebrated graphic works.
Executed in bold black lithographic strokes with subtle tonal modelling, the portrait demonstrates Picasso's remarkable ability to reduce form to its essentials while retaining a powerful sense of character and psychological presence. Jacqueline's calm expression, elongated features and rhythmic linear structure exemplify the expressive economy that distinguishes Picasso's late work.
This impression is hand signed by Picasso in red wax crayon at the lower right and numbered 76 from the edition of 500. Published during the artist's lifetime and combining Picasso's hand signature with the craftsmanship of Atelier Mourlot, it represents an excellent example of one of the artist's most sought-after late graphic works centred on Jacqueline, the woman who inspired much of his final artistic period.
Provenance: Sala Retiro, Madrid, Spain, with export licence issued by the Spanish Ministry of Culture.
Framed with Conservation Mat, Acid-Free Foamboard and Museum Glass
Size 54cm x 55.5cm (Framed)
$11,500