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Pablo Picasso, The pike, 1956

SKU:  195392

Pablo Picasso, The pike, 1956

€55,93 EUR
€55,93 EUR
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Created in 1956, The Pike reflects Pablo Picasso’s late-career fascination with transforming natural subjects into powerful, simplified visual statements. By this stage, Picasso had long moved beyond the analytical rigor of Cubism, embracing a more instinctive, expressive style characterized by bold outlines, flattened forms, and a striking economy of means. In The Pike, he turns his attention to the image of a fish—a traditional still-life subject—and reinvents it with graphic intensity and symbolic presence.

The composition centers on the elongated body of the pike, its form reduced to sweeping curves and sharply defined contours. The fish appears almost to float within the picture plane, its silhouette both recognizable and abstracted. Picasso’s treatment emphasizes structure and rhythm rather than detail; fins, scales, and features are suggested through minimal yet decisive marks. The result is an image that feels at once immediate and monumental, despite the simplicity of its execution.

Color is applied with clarity and purpose, often contrasting light and dark tones to heighten the visual impact. The background remains restrained, allowing the central figure to dominate and reinforcing the sense of isolation that gives the work its quiet intensity. There is a subtle tension between life and stillness—the fish, a symbol of vitality, rendered motionless and contemplative.

The Pike stands as a testament to Picasso’s ability to continually reinvent his approach. With just a few lines and forms, he transforms an ordinary subject into a compelling exploration of presence, perception, and the enduring dialogue between nature and artistic expression.

Materials

Cotton canvas, matte photo paper, fine art paper, pigmented inks.

  • The canvas it's 99 % cotton, 450 gr/sqm;
  • The matte photo paper it's acid-free (archival paper), 190 gr/sqm;
  • The fine art photo paper it's satinated (semi-glossy), 140 gr/sqm.

Shipping & Returns

Dispatching time: 1-2 days.

* Standard shipping fee: The orders will be sent by priority registered mail, usually via client National Post (USPS, Canada Post, Royal Mail, LaPoste, Deutsche Post, PostNL, etc). The delivery times are not guaranteed, sometimes it will take longer and these are beyond our control. Tracking number will be provided. Clients from US and Canada cannot track the parcels as the tracking numbers are not rolled in USPS and Canada Post systems.

* UPS standard: The orders will be sent with UPS expedited option. The delivery time it's between 5-11 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

* UPS express: The orders will be sent with UPS express saver. The delivery time it's between 4-7 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

Framing tips

Both type of materials, paper and canvas prints come rolled and will be need to be taken to your local framers.

The image it's printed with a border of 0.6 " (1.5 cm), for framing purposes only.

If you have already a frame, be sure you send us the exact size of the print that will fit inside the frame. We're printing on vectorial plotters so the size could slightly be more or less with 0.4" (1 cm).

If you plan to have the canvas print stretched on wooden frame, you'll need additional border, so please let us know after placing the order.

The images above was cropped from the image at the biggest size available (keeping the best quality and aspect /ratio), so, for good details please choose biggest dimensions that will suit your preferences / space.

Care Instructions

The print media (canvas or photo paper) could be cleaned only with a dry, soft cloth.

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