Lot 67

Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) RIDER

After Picasso left Juan-les-Pins in 1920, he drew a group of figures on the seacoast in lithographic pencil in the spring of the following year. The motifs – Rider, Wrestlers, On the Beach – burst with the power of life, with minimal outlines embracing all of the vital fullness of the nude bodies (in 1921, while residing in Fontainebleau for the summer, which was a particularly fruitful period, he painted Standing Woman – held by the National Gallery in Prague).

Provenance: The print is from the estate of Professor Diviš, who purchased it in Kahnweiler’s Galerie Simon.