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Pablo Picasso Petite Tête de Femme Couronnée For Sale
Pablo Picasso
Petite Tête de Femme Couronnée, `962
Linocut on Arches paper Hand signed in pencil
24 3/4 x 17 1/2 in 63 x 44.5 cm
Edition
Edition of 50
About this work
Pablo Picasso’s Petite Tête de Femme Couronnée, 1962, a linocut on Arches paper, hand-signed in pencil. This striking portrait exemplifies Picasso’s mastery of the linocut technique, a medium he embraced in the late 1950s and early 1960s, pushing its possibilities beyond traditional use.The composition presents a crowned female head, her face divided into angular, overlapping planes. Picasso’s use of juxtaposed profiles and frontal views recalls his early Cubist experiments, where multiple perspectives coexist in a single image. The sharp black outlines and earthy palette of browns, ochres, and dark greens create a bold, sculptural presence.The figure’s eyes—wide, searching, and asymmetrical—convey both vulnerability and strength. Her floral crown softens the geometric construction of her features, infusing the portrait with a sense of regality, femininity, and timelessness.Picasso’s engagement with linocut was transformative. Traditionally used for simple poster printing, the linocut became, in his hands, a vehicle for sophisticated artistic innovation. He pioneered the reduction method, carving, inking, and printing multiple stages from a single block, each stage removing more material. This allowed him to achieve layered colors and depth with remarkable precision.In Petite Tête de Femme Couronnée, Picasso combines linear clarity with expressive contrasts of color, balancing elegance with raw directness. The textures of carved lines bring vitality to the hair and crown, while the face retains a monumental simplicity.This work reflects Picasso’s lifelong fascination with the female figure, often elevated to archetypal or symbolic status. The crown transforms the sitter into a universal emblem of womanhood—at once muse, queen, and goddess. The fragmentation of her face invites multiple readings: she is seen both as an individual and as a composite of emotions and identities.The interplay between strength and delicacy echoes themes found throughout Picasso’s portraits, where personal intimacy is transformed into universal expression.By 1962, Picasso had fully mastered linocut, producing some of his most iconic prints in this medium. Works such as Petite Tête de Femme Couronnée demonstrate how he brought a painter’s sensibility to printmaking, elevating linocut from a utilitarian technique to a medium of fine art.The piece embodies Picasso’s genius for reinvention—melding his Cubist legacy with the expressive clarity of line and color, making it one of the most enduring examples of his graphic output.Pablo Picasso, Petite Tête de Femme Couronnée, 1962. Linocut on Arches paper, hand-signed in pencil. A bold portrait of a crowned woman rendered through Picasso’s innovative reduction linocut technique. With its powerful interplay of angular planes, floral crown, and expressive eyes, the work reflects both the artist’s technical mastery and his timeless exploration of the female form as muse, archetype, and universal symbol.For more information or to buy Petite Tête de Femme Couronnée by Pablo Picasso, contact our galleries using the form below.
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