{"title":"Pablo Picasso | Original Prints \u0026 Etchings","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003ePablo Picasso (1881–1973) is the most reproduced, most studied, and most commercially active artist in the history of Western art — a Spaniard who arrived in Paris at the turn of the twentieth century and spent the next seven decades redefining what painting, sculpture, printmaking, and ceramics could be. Cubism, Surrealism, Neo-Classicism, the Blue Period, the Rose Period: Picasso did not develop a single style and refine it. He developed multiple styles, exhausted them, and moved on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eHis graphic output is among the most significant bodies of printmaking in the twentieth century. The etchings, lithographs, linocuts, and aquatints he produced across his career demonstrate the same experimental intelligence as his paintings — the intaglio needle and the lithographic stone subjected to the same restless formal investigation as the canvas and the brush. The Vollard Suite, the Minotauromachie, the suite for Ovid's Metamorphoses: these are not reproductions of paintings but original works conceived specifically for the print medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe works available through Creed Gallery span several significant periods and series — the 1943 La Chèvre-Feuille zincographs produced during the Paris Occupation, the 1968 La Celestine etchings from Atelier Crommelynck, and individual works from his sustained engagement with classical and mythological subjects. Each carries full provenance documentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003ePicasso's prints represent one of the most historically significant and liquid categories in the entire art market. Available through Creed Gallery, Ascot, for collectors across Berkshire, Sunningdale, Wentworth, Surrey, and London. Private viewings by appointment.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"pablo-picasso-products-une-maja-posant-sur-un-piedestal-windsor-ascot","title":"Pablo Picasso | Une Maja Posant sur un Piédestal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePablo Picasso (1881–1973)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUne Maja Posant sur un Piédestal, 1968\u003cbr\u003eSugarlift aquatint and etching on Richard-de-Bas laid paper | Épreuve d'artiste\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy 1968, Picasso was eighty-six years old and working with an urgency that had not diminished. The La Celestine suite — from which this work is drawn — was produced at the Atelier Crommelynck in Paris, printed under Picasso's direct supervision. The suite takes its name from the fifteenth-century Spanish tragicomedy and gives Picasso license to explore the female figure, desire, and the gaze with the freedom of an artist who has long since ceased to require anyone's permission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUne Maja Posant sur un Piédestal presents the standing female figure in the posture of the classical maja — the Spanish archetype of female beauty and composure — elevated on a plinth as if for inspection. The sugarlift aquatint process gives the surface a soft, painterly quality quite different from the sharp linearity of Picasso's earlier etchings. This is a late work, and it shows: the line is looser, the composition more concentrated, the psychological dynamic between viewer and subject more openly acknowledged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis impression is an épreuve d'artiste — an artist's proof, outside the main edition, typically reserved for the artist's personal use and considered among the most desirable impressions in any print series. Printed at Atelier Crommelynck, Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable through Creed Gallery, Ascot. Private viewings by appointment for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey, and London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSugarlift aquatint and etching\u003cbr\u003e\nRichard-de-Bas laid paper with La Celestine watermark\u003cbr\u003e\nÉpreuve d'artiste\u003cbr\u003e\nPrinted by Atelier Crommelynck, Paris\u003cbr\u003e\nImage: 4.5 × 2.25 in\u003cbr\u003e\nCertificate of Authenticity\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pablo Picasso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53818312425812,"sku":null,"price":19000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0418\/6196\/files\/pablo-picasso-une-maja-posant-sur-un-piedestal-creed-gallery.jpg?v=1773167541"},{"product_id":"pablo-picasso-salvador-dali-pastorale-6","title":"Pablo Picasso | Variant of Faces (from La Chèvre-Feuille)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePablo Picasso (1881–1973)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVariant of Faces (from La Chèvre-Feuille)\u003cbr\u003eZincograph on Lafuma wove paper | 1943\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis Variant of Faces is drawn from the 1943 La Chèvre-Feuille suite — the Surrealist figure compositions produced in Paris during the German Occupation, published by Robert-J. 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Available through Creed Gallery, Ascot, for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey, and London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eZincograph on Lafuma wove paper\u003cbr\u003eFrom the La Chèvre-Feuille suite, 1943\u003cbr\u003ePrice on application\u003cbr\u003eCertificate of Authenticity\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pablo Picasso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53976061542740,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0418\/6196\/files\/pablo-picasso-salvador-dali-pastorale-6-original-print.jpg?v=1774021739"},{"product_id":"pablo-picasso-4-may-1945-etching","title":"Pablo Picasso | 4 May 1945 | Etching","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eDated in the plate 4 Mai 1945, this evocative etching was created during a week of immense historical significance, just days before the liberation of Europe. It represents a period of profound transition for Picasso, moving away from the tensions of the Occupation toward a more lyrical and classical \"economy of line.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eThe composition features three masterful studies of form: a delicate profile, a soulful frontal portrait, and a classical standing nude. This work demonstrates Picasso’s unparalleled ability to convey volume and character through minimalist graphic precision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003ePresented in a bespoke museum-grade triple mount and a hand-finished gallery frame, this piece is an exceptional acquisition for collectors of 20th-century masters. Creed Gallery Ascot provides specialised sourcing and white-glove installation services for our clients throughout Berkshire, Surrey, and London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eMedium: Etching on paper (2nd state) unsigned\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003ePrinter: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLacourière, Paris\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eArtwork size: 16\" x 10.25\" in (40.2 x 26 cm), sheet size\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eFramed size: 28.25\" x 21.25\" in (72 x 54 cm), bespoke framed to conservation standards\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCreed Gallery Certificate of authenticity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pablo Picasso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55790965719380,"sku":null,"price":8500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0418\/6196\/files\/Pablo-Picasso-4_May_1945-Creed-Gallery-Wentworth.jpg?v=1778772651"},{"product_id":"pablo-picasso-amours-de-jupiter-et-de-semele-1933-etching","title":"Pablo Picasso: Amours de Jupiter et de Sémélé (1933) | Etching","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePablo Picasso (1881–1973)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmours de Jupiter et de Sémélé, 1930 (published 1931)\u003cbr\u003eEtching with remarques on Rives wove paper | Cancelled plate suite of 100\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis etching belongs to the suite Picasso produced for the Éditions de la Pléiade publication of Ovid's Metamorphoses — one of the defining collaborations between a major twentieth-century artist and a canonical text of Western literature. The commission gave Picasso licence to engage with the full mythological richness of Ovid's poem: transformation, desire, divinity, and the perpetual instability of the classical world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmours de Jupiter et de Sémélé depicts the love of Jupiter and Semele — the mortal woman who asked to see Jupiter in his full divine form and was consumed by his glory. Picasso renders the two embracing classical nude figures in his characteristic pure contour line: economy of means, maximum psychological and physical presence. The additional etched remarque figures in the margins extend the compositional field beyond the main image, creating a visual density that rewards close examination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the cancelled plate suite of 100 — meaning the printing plate was cancelled (marked to prevent further printing) after this edition, guaranteeing the integrity of the impression. A significant Picasso graphic work from the height of his classical period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable through Creed Gallery, Ascot, for collectors in Berkshire, Surrey, and London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEtching with remarques on Rives wove paper\u003cbr\u003e\nCancelled plate suite of 100\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished 1931\u003cbr\u003e\nCertificate of Authenticity\u003cbr\u003e\nFull provenance documentation\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pablo Picasso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55791022539092,"sku":null,"price":7950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0418\/6196\/files\/pablo-picasso-amours-de-jupiter-et-de-semele-1933-etching.jpg?v=1778673938"},{"product_id":"pablo-picasso-la-chevre-feuille-suite-1943-yellow","title":"Pablo Picasso | La Chevre-Feuille Suite, 1943 | Set of 6 (Yellow)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePablo Picasso (1881–1973)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLa Chèvre-Feuille Suite, 1943 | Complete set of 6 (Yellow)\u003cbr\u003eZincograph on Lafuma wove paper | Edition of 500\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLa Chèvre-Feuille — The Honeysuckle — was produced in Paris in 1943, under the German Occupation. Picasso remained in the city throughout the war years, continuing to work with the same relentless productivity that had characterised his practice across four decades. The suite was published by Robert-J. Godet, one of the small network of Parisian publishers who maintained cultural life through the Occupation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe six zincographs in this complete yellow suite present Surrealist figure compositions drawn in Picasso's confident black line on warm Lafuma wove paper. The figures here follow Surrealist logic rather than anatomical convention: bodies that transform and interpenetrate, compositions that operate as fields of energy rather than representations of space. This is the Picasso who had fully absorbed the lessons of his own Surrealist period and was now working with complete freedom within the vocabulary he had helped create.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA complete suite of six, all in the yellow variant, is a significant acquisition for any serious collection. Provenance is full and well-documented.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable through Creed Gallery, Ascot. Private viewings by appointment for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey, and London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet of 6 zincographs on Lafuma wove paper\u003cbr\u003e\nEdition of 500\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished by Robert-J. 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Picasso remained in the city throughout the war, working with a productivity that was itself a form of resistance: continuing to make art under conditions designed to make art impossible. The suite was published by Robert-J. Godet, one of the small network of Parisian publishers who maintained cultural production through the Occupation years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe six zincographs in this complete red suite present Surrealist figure compositions in Picasso's characteristic black line on coloured Lafuma wove paper — works that draw on the formal vocabulary he had been developing since the 1930s while carrying the particular compressed energy of work made under constraint. The figures here are not illustrating a story. 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The \u003cem\u003efosse commune\u003c\/em\u003e — the mass grave, the pit dug in haste — was not an abstraction in 1947. It was recent memory: the unmarked burials of the Occupation, the liberated camps, the villages where the count of the dead had not yet been completed. Picasso does not illustrate this history. He responds to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe figures here are skeletal but not cadaverous in any theatrical sense. They are reduced — to line, to structural fact, to the minimum required to register as human. This restraint is the work's argument. Where a lesser artist might have reached for pathos, Picasso applies the etching needle with the deliberateness of a draftsman recording evidence. The result is closer to a diagram of grief than an expression of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe etching medium itself carries meaning. Unlike painting, which allows revision and reworking, the intaglio process demands commitment. Each line bitten into the copper plate is, in a sense, irreversible — which suits a subject about what cannot be undone. Picasso had been working intensively in printmaking since the early 1930s, but the immediate post-war years saw him return to the graphic arts with particular urgency, producing work in which the stripped-back possibilities of line on paper felt more adequate to the moment than the loaded surface of oil paint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe inscription of the precise date — 9 December 1947 — is consistent with Picasso's lifelong practice of treating each work as a dated document rather than a timeless object. He was insistent on this. The date does not authenticate the work so much as it anchors it: this thought, on this day. By late 1947 he had been a member of the French Communist Party for three years, and questions of collective suffering, historical memory, and the political weight of artistic production were not abstract concerns for him. \u003cem\u003eLa Fosse Commune\u003c\/em\u003e sits within that context without being reducible to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe work is presented in a bespoke black frame with deep conservation mount, archival materials throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eAvailable through Creed Gallery, Ascot. Private consultations available. 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