Printer: Mourlot (1 of 500 Editions)

Dimensions: 77 x 54 cm

Condition: Very good

Available: In a charcoal frame

Description: Dora Maar was one of Picasso’s most intellectually and emotionally complex partners, and their nearly decade-long relationship coincided with one of his most politically charged and creatively intense periods. Maar was not only his muse but a collaborator – documenting Guernica, shaping his political awareness, and introducing new technical ideas.

In his portraits of her, Picasso moved beyond likeness to psychological expression: she appears fractured, angular, and often in tears, reflecting both her inner intensity and the turbulence of their relationship. These works are among his most powerful portraits, capturing not just a sitter, but a profound emotional and creative exchange.

Artist: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. As one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, his extraordinary artistic genius made him the ‘rock star’ of the Modern Art world pioneering cubism, surrealism, expressionism and collage. Throughout his long career, he produced more than 20,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, theatre sets, and costumes. From the mid-1940s, he also worked with the Mourlot studios in Paris and created over 400 lithographs and exhibition posters. As well as Fernand Mourlot, Henri Deschamps was Picasso's favourite and most trusted master printer at the studio and they collaborated together from 1945 right up until Picasso’s death in 1973.