• presentation of the fine art reproduction without a frame
  • Black and white abstract pattern on a beige background
  • Black and white abstract pattern on a beige background
  • Abstract artwork with geometric patterns and black and white color scheme.
  • Black and white abstract art with geometric shapes and patterns
  • Black and white abstract pattern with fish shapes
  • Abstract black and white artwork with geometric shapes
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Pablo Picasso, The Fish, 1955

SKU:  195423

Pablo Picasso, The Fish, 1955

€58,31 EUR
€58,31 EUR
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Fish reflects the playful inventiveness and formal freedom that characterized Pablo Picasso’s later career. Created in 1955, the work belongs to a period when Picasso was living in the south of France, particularly in and around Cannes, where Mediterranean light, coastal life, and marine imagery increasingly appeared in his paintings, ceramics, and prints.

The subject of fish had long fascinated Picasso. Throughout his career, he returned repeatedly to animals as symbols of vitality, instinct, and transformation. In Fish, the fish is not rendered naturalistically. Instead, Picasso simplifies and distorts its form through bold outlines, exaggerated features, and dynamic shapes that emphasize movement and personality over anatomical precision. The creature may appear whimsical, expressive, or even slightly grotesque, demonstrating Picasso’s lifelong interest in reimagining familiar subjects through experimentation.

The painting also reflects his engagement with still life traditions. Fish had historically appeared in European art as symbols of abundance, religion, mortality, or domestic life. Picasso reinvents this tradition by stripping away conventional realism and infusing the subject with humor and spontaneity. Bright colors and energetic brushwork often characterize works from this period, reinforcing a sense of creative liberation.

By the mid-1950s, Picasso was internationally celebrated and worked with extraordinary confidence. He freely moved between painting, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking, often revisiting simple themes to test new visual possibilities. Everyday objects and animals became opportunities for formal reinvention.

Fish demonstrates Picasso’s enduring ability to transform ordinary subjects into vibrant explorations of form, imagination, and artistic freedom, even in the later decades of his career.

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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