Pablo Picasso: Nature morte à la pipe II, 1911

Nature Morte à la Pipe II: A Masterful Cubist Collage in Pochoir

This Pochoir after an original Picasso composition, "Nature Morte à la Pipe II" (Still Life with Pipe II), is a highlight of the 1962 Un Éventail portfolio. It represents a masterful reproduction of a Cubist collage, capturing the era where Picasso and Braque revolutionized art by incorporating textures and "found" patterns into their compositions. This particular study focuses on the deconstruction of a pipe and tabletop, rendered with the rhythmic layering characteristic of Synthetic Cubism.

The technical execution by Daniel Jacomet is particularly impressive in this piece. Using the pochoir (hand-stencil) method over a lithographic base, Jacomet successfully mimics the disparate textures of the original collage, from the paper texture to the sharp, overlapping edges of "pasted" paper. Printed on heavy Arches paper in an edition of 260, this work allows the collector to experience the tactile complexity of Picasso's 1910s innovations through a refined, mid-century graphic medium, capturing details included in the original including paper discoloration. It remains a definitive example of how Picasso used still life to explore the boundaries between reality and abstraction.

• Medium: Pochoir
• Edition: 157 of 260
• Signature: Unsigned
• Paper Type: Arches
• Image size: 18¾” x 14”
• Publisher: Leda, Edition’s d’Art, 1962
• Reference: Orozco 213, p. 310