Pablo Picasso lithograph hand signed and numbered “ Seated Nude - woman II “ 1961

Pablo Picasso lithograph hand signed and numbered “ Seated Nude - woman II “ 1961

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Size 76 cm L x 55 cm W

Seated Nude is part of a series from late 1909 to spring 1910, and a summation of earlier Cubist three-dimensional experimental work on still life and portraits. In fact, this time of experiment and research gives this period the title of Analytical Cubism, with its manipulation and fragmentation of space and multiple angles of vision. Picasso's whole preoccupation with the notion of vision, explored in the earlier blind man images, now finds its thematic challenge in Cubic.

Picasso's work was often in-keeping with this style of art between 1907-1910. He was also inspired by the Neoclassical style and movement, following principles of simplicity and symmetry. The 'Seated Nude' painting prominently depicts an outline of a woman in this African-influenced style: she appears masked. The woman is made up of 'parts'-shapes a little like a jigsaw fitting together. This is familiar with Pablo Picasso's earliest cubist pieces and, whilst 'Seated Nude' is arguably quite 'mechanical' in appearance, many view this as a fascinating nod to celebration of the nude female form. His muse for painting was often the women in his life, whom he exhalted through his work.

Erotic elements were often clear in his artwork of females: something which continued throughout his career. Critics at the time felt that Pablo was attempting to express reality in a scientific way in 'Seated Nude,' by making the figure almost robotic-looking with it's fragmented form. The bluish hues of the painting also made critics put forward this idea.