Pablo Picasso
Seated Nude (Nu assis), circa 1922
Pencil on wove paper
7.8 x 4.1 inches (19.9 x 10.5 cm)
Signed lower left “Picasso”
A refined and intimate figure study executed during Pablo Picasso’s celebrated early 1920s Neoclassical period. Rendered with elegant economy of line, Seated Nude exemplifies the artist’s extraordinary ability to convey volume, balance, and sensuality through the simplest of means. Though modest in scale, the drawing possesses the immediacy and confidence characteristic of Picasso’s works on paper from this important era.
The early 1920s marked a pivotal moment in Picasso’s career, as he moved fluidly between the fractured language of Cubism and a renewed engagement with classical figuration. Drawings such as this reveal the artist’s restless experimentation and mastery of draftsmanship, distilling the human form into fluid contour and essential gesture.
This work is fully authenticated by the Comité Picasso (Paris) and is registered in their archives under reference number 0199. The original certificate of authenticity accompanies the work.
An exceptional opportunity to acquire an original, hand-signed Picasso drawing with impeccable authentication and strong historical character.
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