Guy Hepner
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • Artists
  • Artworks
  • Exhibitions
  • News
  • About
  • Shop
  • Video
  • Consign
Cart
0 items $
Checkout

Item added to cart

View cart & checkout
Continue shopping
Menu

Artworks

  • All
  • Contemporary
  • Emerging
  • Photography
  • Postwar
  • Urban
Pablo Picasso, Jacqueline au Bandeau, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Jacqueline au Bandeau, 1962
Linoleum Cut on Arches Wove Paper.
24 3/8 x 17 3/8 in
62 x 44 cm
Edition of 50
Series: Linocut
Copyright The Artist
View on a Wall
Pablo Picasso’s Jacqueline au Bandeau, 1962, a linoleum cut on Arches wove paper, signed and numbered. It belongs to Picasso’s celebrated late linocuts and is a portrait of Jacqueline Roque,...
Read more

Pablo Picasso’s Jacqueline au Bandeau, 1962, a linoleum cut on Arches wove paper, signed and numbered. It belongs to Picasso’s celebrated late linocuts and is a portrait of Jacqueline Roque, his final muse and second wife, who inspired more works than any other woman in his life.

Unlike some of Picasso’s brightly colored linocuts from the early 1960s, this portrait is executed in stark contrasts of black and warm earthy tones, lending the image both solemnity and power. Jacqueline’s head emerges from a dense black ground, her features etched out through expressive carved lines. The bold vertical strokes and angular hatching reveal the planes of her face, creating a sense of sculptural presence within a flat medium.

Her expression is pensive and enigmatic—large almond-shaped eyes, elongated nose, and softly parted lips suggest both intimacy and monumentality. The bandeau (headband) is only subtly indicated, yet it provides a structural frame for her flowing hair and accentuates her timeless, iconic presence.

By 1962, Picasso had mastered the linocut reduction process, pushing the medium to unprecedented expressive heights. Here, he uses deep gouging and striated marks to build form through light and shadow, achieving an effect closer to drawing or even painting than to traditional printmaking.

The choice of Arches wove paper, prized for its ability to hold the ink’s richness, allows the contrasting tones to resonate with intensity. This work demonstrates how Picasso could transform the inherently rigid linocut into a medium of extraordinary fluidity and depth.

This portrait is part of Picasso’s vast visual dialogue with Jacqueline, whose presence dominated his work from their meeting in 1952 until his death in 1973. More than any of his muses—Marie-Thérèse, Dora Maar, Françoise Gilot—Jacqueline appears as both beloved woman and artistic archetype, rendered across paintings, drawings, ceramics, and prints.

In Jacqueline au Bandeau, she becomes an almost sculptural figure, elevated from portrait to icon. The dramatic chiaroscuro and monumental treatment embody the reverence Picasso felt toward her, while the experimental linocut technique underscores his restless creativity.

Jacqueline au Bandeau (1962) is a linoleum cut on Arches wove paper by Pablo Picasso, signed and numbered. Rendered in striking contrasts of black and earthy tones, the portrait depicts Jacqueline Roque, Picasso’s lifelong muse and wife, through bold carved lines and expressive shadows. Exemplifying Picasso’s mastery of the linocut and his profound engagement with Jacqueline as subject, the work transforms a personal likeness into a timeless, modern icon.

For more information or to buyJacqueline au Bandeau by Pablo Picasso, contact our galleries using the form below.
Close full details
Inquire
%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22artist%22%3EPablo%20Picasso%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22title_and_year%22%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_title%22%3EJacqueline%20au%20Bandeau%3C/span%3E%2C%20%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_year%22%3E1962%3C/span%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22medium%22%3ELinoleum%20Cut%20on%20Arches%20Wove%20Paper.%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22dimensions%22%3E24%203/8%20x%2017%203/8%20in%3Cbr/%3E%0A62%20x%2044%20cm%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22edition_details%22%3EEdition%20of%2050%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22series%22%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22artwork_caption_prefix%22%3ESeries%3A%3C/span%3E%20Linocut%3C/div%3E
Previous
|
Next
6188 
of  7237

Join our mailing list

Submit

* denotes required fields

We will process the personal data you have supplied in accordance with our privacy policy (available on request). You can unsubscribe or change your preferences at any time by clicking the link in our emails.

177 10th Avenue
New York, NY
10001

Monday - Friday 10am - 6pm

info@guyhepner.com
+1 (212) 226 8680

50 Grosvenor Hill,
Mayfair, 
London, W1K 3QT

By appointment

info@guyhepner.com
+44 (0)20 3411 0108

  • Menu
  • Artists
  • Artworks
  • Exhibitions
  • News
  • About
  • Shop
  • Video
  • Consign
Instagram, opens in a new tab.
Join the mailing list
Facebook, opens in a new tab.
Twitter, opens in a new tab.
Youtube, opens in a new tab.
Tiktok, opens in a new tab.
Accessibility Policy
Cookie Policy
Manage cookies
Terms & Conditions
© Guy Hepner
Site by Artlogic

This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Find out more about cookies.

Manage cookies
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences