Celestina is a superb example of this feeling and of the style in which it found its form: this portrait of an old one-eyed woman, dressed in somber color, achieves, thanks to the simplicity of its color and the economy of its line, an austere nobility which relates it to El Greco's most restrained portraits. Overview Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings Provenance Exhibition History Catalogue Raisonné Title: A Scene from "La Celestina": The Gentleman Is Led Toward the Den, from 347 Suite Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881-1973 Mougins, France) Printer: Printed by Aldo and Piero Crommelynck
Celestina, 1904 Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso Date: 1904 Style: Expressionism Period: Blue Period Genre: portrait Media: oil, canvas Location: Private Collection Dimensions: 81 x 60 cm Order Oil Painting reproduction Tags: female-portraits Forehead Pablo Picasso Famous works Child with dove • 1901 The old blind guitarist • 1903 Girl on the ball • 1905 The girls of Avignon • 1907 Pablo Picasso La Célestine (La femme à la taie) (La Celestina), 1904 Oil on canvas 29 3/10 × 23 in | 74.5 × 58.5 cm Musée Picasso Paris Paris Get notifications for similar works Want to sell a work by this artist? Sell with Artsy Artist Series Related artists La Célestine Author Pablo Picasso Título La Célestine Execution place Paris Date 1971 22 cm x 18 cm Inventory number MPB 113.224c ¿Necesitas una reproducción de esta obra? The entire documentation process is, by definition, a work in progress. If you have additional information on this register or spot any errors, please send us your comments. La Celestina is a painting of an old one- eyed woman who is dressed in somber color. She is partially blind and does not appear emaciated, contrary to other blue period paintings. She has rounded cheeks and a forceful and assertive presence.
Portrait de Carlota Valdivia (appele plus tard La Celestine) (La Celestina) Focus on Pablo Picasso
NARRATOR: In 1904, Pablo Ruiz Picasso is 23 years old and already establishing himself as an artistic force. Yet he chooses to paint this somber, monochromatic portrait titled La Celestina. It's a reflection of his solemn mood — or if you're an art historian, you'd say he was "blue." Sheet size: 75 x 105 (cm); 29 ½ x 41 ¼ (inches) This impression is signed Picasso and dated Le 9.9.70 in red crayon, numbered 4/9. [Provenance: Given by Picasso to Paul Puaux - Director of the Festival d'Avignon from 1971-79]. The sixty-six etchings illustrate the tragi-comedy La Celestina by Fernando Rojas, a masterpiece of Spanish. Pablo Picasso. La Célestine. 1971. Fernando de Rojas. Illustrated book with 66 etching and aquatints. page (each, approx.): 8 1/4 x 6 7/16" (21 x 16.3 cm); overall (closed): 8 11/16 x 7 3/16 x 1 9/16" (22 x 18.3 x 4 cm); case: 9 x 7 3/8 x 1 7/8" (22.8 x 18.7 x 4.8 cm). Atelier Crommelynck, Paris. Atelier Crommelynck, Paris. Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund. 1659.2012.1-66. provides an odd sensation of a person suddenly appearing from an background. The use of monochromatic blue- blue attire set against background- a disregard of local color, is but one of many affirmations of own subjectivity in this portrait. Several Picasso biographers reiterate the painter's interest in Rojas's
Ayuntamiento de Buitrago del Lozoya Exposición La Celestina (1499) y Picasso (1968)
La Celestina. Number of pages: 444. - Reproduction of 66 engravings by Pablo Picasso. - Folded, bound and sewn, completely by hand. - Old Mill Bianco paper by Fedrigoni, 130 g. - Texts printed in two colours. - Engravings printed in three colours. - Paperback with semi-rigid cover, 400 g, embossed in matt silver. About. "La Célestine"is a literary work from the early 16th century. Picasso is fascinated by the story and after painting la Celestina already in 1904 revisits the subject 54 years later. In 1968, Picasso creates 66 etchings as illustrations for the story of Celestina. This show is currently unavailable.
Lot 12 Pablo Picasso La Célestine, 1977 The complete set of 66 etchings with text by Fernando de Rojas, bound in the original book cover with with parchment boards and lettering on the spine (as issued), contained in the original slipcover with Richard de bas laid paper 8 3/5 × 7 in | 21.9 × 17.8 cm Edition 100/350 Part of a limited edition set La Celestina ( La Célestine) est une œuvre de Pablo Picasso, réalisée à Barcelone en 1904. C'est une huile sur toile de 81 × 60 cm appartenant désormais au Musée Picasso-Paris [ 1],[ 2]. Cette toile marque l'apogée de la période bleue du peintre, allant de 1901 à 1904, durant laquelle la teinte bleue est largement prédominante [ 3] .
a painting of a woman wearing a black coat
Pablo Picasso [Spanish Cubist Painter and Sculptor, 1881-1973] Guide to pictures of works by Pablo Picasso in art museum sites and image archives worldwide.. La Celestina, 1904 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Picasso, la joie de vivre. 1945-1948 Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome (in Italian) 3 works by Picasso on this page Palm Springs. Chefs d'oeuvre La Célestine (La Femme à la taie) 1904 Pablo Picasso, « La Célestine (La Femme à la taie) », 1904, Huile sur toile, 74,5 x 58,5 cm, MP1989-5, Musée national Picasso-Paris RMN-Grand Palais (Musée national Picasso-Paris) / Mathieu Rabeau © Succession Picasso 2021
