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Picasso Ballerina
fINE ART This artwork is a famous color lithograph titled "Ballet Dancer" (or "Le Ballet") by Pablo Picasso, created in 1954.

Key Details About the Work

• Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973)
• Year: 1954
• Medium: Color lithograph
• Context: It was originally created as part of the portfolio or frontispiece illustration for Boris Kochno's book, Le Ballet, printed by the renowned Mourlot studio in Paris.
• Style: The piece exemplifies Picasso's late minimalist style, using fluid, expressive pastel-colored outlines (blue, yellow, and purple) and a textured green crayon pattern to capture the dynamic movement and energy of a dancer with minimal strokes.
• Signature: It features his distinctive signature reproduced in the stone at the bottom right corner.
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