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Display cases news: HAHN PROTECTOR climate protection for hanging artefacts: Pablo Picasso: “Le Fou”, Picasso Museum Barcelona, Spain | |
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The extremely delicate and precious drawing “Le Fou” by Picasso of 1904 is one of the artworks of the MuseuPicasso de Barcelona frequently on loan and travelling the world. It is now perfectly preserved inside its tailor made HAHN Protector picture case. The specialists at the Picasso Museum confirm their confidence in the HAHN Protector: Picassos oil painting „Harlequin“ of 1917 travelled from Barcelona to Rome inside a climate controlledHAHN Protector case in 2008. Link to Museu Picasso report on the Rome Exhibition „Picasso 1917-1937: l’ Arlecchino dell’ Arte“. http://www.bcn.cat/museupicasso/ca/museu/servei-restauracio-galeria2.html More about Picasso “Le Fou”: The 85 x 35 cm drawing of blue watercolor on wrapping-paper is made of 2 sections and carries an inscription at the left center: A mi buen amigo Sebastian Junyent, Picasso. In 1904, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) at age 23 created over 100 works of art, mostly drawings, some paintings and few sculptures. The following year he even created over 350 works, being a true workaholic, Picasso’s oeuvre comprises over 30.000 works of art in his lifetime. Picasso has worked on the motif of the fool many times, among the currently most prominent is a bronze bust with black patina of 42 cm height conceived in 1905 (cast in 1925) which was recently traded at Christie’s at a price of $1,192,000! This bust of “Le Fou” is also named “The Jester”, whereas the drawing “Le Fou” of the Museu Picasso, Barcelona is co-titled “L'idiot” or “The Madman”. The famous drawing originates from the so called Blue period in late 1904, the same year horse-drawn cars were replaced by motorized omnibuses in Paris, where Picasso was living at that time. |
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