Aquatint in colors on Auvergne Richard de Bas paper

Plate: 16 19/94 x 12 7/16inc 414 x 316mm

Sheet: 21 57/64 x 16 1/16inc  556 x 408mm

Signed in crayon, dedicated Pour mes Pignon, Picasso, Le 29.9.1965, one of 15 proofs aside from the edition of 50

Picasso created the Fumeur series in the 1960s, a period when he was reflecting on themes of identity, aging, and artistic vitality. The smoker figure often represented a self-reflective persona—an artist or thinker in repose. In this work, Picasso merges youthful color and playful abstraction with the seasoned mastery of his later years.