This hand painted oil on canvas artwork is a loyal rendition of Pablo Picasso’s Nude in an Armchair that was completed in 1959. This was toward the end of the artist’s long and prolific career and is a beautiful example of how Picasso had developed his Cubist and abstract concepts and techniques over the years. Picasso painted many versions of women and nudes in an armchair over the years.

Besides this version of Nude in an Armchair created in 1959, Picasso also completed Nude in an Armchair with a bottle of Evian, a Glass and Shoes in the same year. The fragmentation of the subject in this version is far more complex than the version we see here: Without the Evian, the glass or the shoes.

While both these versions created in 1959 use a palette of subtle hues and shades (as did his early Cubist works) the forms in the oil painting without the paraphernalia are reduced to a much greater extent: Making this composition more abstract. It also reflects how Picasso had developed and experimented with the concept of merging and integrating the human figure into its environment; through careful investigation and selection of the lines and planes that form the architectures of life. Nude in An Armchair 3 is a dedicated reproduction of one of Picasso most accomplished works: A must for collectors of Picasso art works.