Picasso and the Progressive Proof: Linocut Prints from a Private Collection

On view September 13, 2025 through January 4, 2026 in the Stark Gallery.

Picasso and the Progressive Proof: Linocut Prints from a Private Collection explores the printmaking work of renowned Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) in the final years of his life. The exhibition showcases three prints—Portrait of a Young Woman after Cranach the Younger II, Pique II, and Bacchanal with Kid Goat and Onlooker—along with their various proofs, offering insight into Picasso’s distinctive printmaking techniques and his groundbreaking contributions to the medium. These works also reflect recurring themes that defined his long and prolific career, including his Spanish heritage, mythology and the Classical past, and his engagement with European Old Masters.

This exhibition was organized by Townsend Art Advisory LLC.

PRESENTING SPONSORS:
The Yela “Peter” and Derek Fowler Endowment for Acquisitions and Exhibitions
Patricia M. Patten Endowment
Estate of Glee and Robert Ries Endowment

EXHIBITION SPONSOR:
Friends of the VBMA Endowment

PHOTO CREDIT: Pablo Picasso, Portrait of a Young Woman after Cranach the Younger II (trial proof of all five blocks), 1958. Linocut. Private Collection © 2024 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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