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Pablo Picasso, Still life Wwith dead bird, 1939

SKU:  194719

Pablo Picasso, Still life Wwith dead bird, 1939

€55,00 EUR
€55,00 EUR
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Pablo Picasso’s Still Life with Dead Bird, painted in 1939, is a powerful and evocative work that combines elements of realism and abstraction to convey a sense of tension and foreboding. Created during a period of great turmoil, both in Picasso’s personal life and on the global stage, this painting reflects the artist’s response to the Spanish Civil War and the looming threat of World War II.

The bird, with its twisted body and open beak, is a poignant symbol of vulnerability, serving as a metaphor for the innocent lives lost during the war. The surrounding objects — the knife, with its sharp blade, and the fruit, which appears both ripe and decaying — further amplify the painting's themes of life, death, and destruction. The use of harsh, jagged lines and distorted shapes reflects Picasso’s signature Cubist style, breaking down the forms into fragmented, angular pieces that seem to clash with one another, emphasizing the sense of chaos.

Still Life with Dead Bird can be interpreted as a meditation on the brutality of conflict and the fragility of life. The dead bird is often seen as a symbol of innocence destroyed, perhaps reflecting Picasso’s deep sorrow over the devastation in his homeland of Spain following the brutal civil war. The painting’s dark tones and dramatic contrasts also suggest a looming sense of dread, mirroring the anxiety of the late 1930s as Europe teetered on the brink of another catastrophic war.

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.

* AirMail option: 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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