Pique (rouge et jaune)
Pablo Picasso
1959
Original linocut in two colors on Arches paper
53 x 63.7 cm
Signed by the artist in the lower right corner
Arnera print; Galerie Louise Leiris éditeur, Paris 1960
Catalog raisonné : Bloch 908 ; Baer 1227 : La Pique
© Succession Picasso 2025
The motif of the pike, here in the colors of Spain, belongs to the bullfighting theme, which played an increasingly important role in Picasso's work from the time he moved to the South of France after the Second World War. He produced numerous linocuts in a variety of Pique colors (black and beige), details and settings, including Après la pique, La pique cassée and Avant la pique.
