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Wednesday, 28 August 2024

3323) Art And Revolutionary Genius Of Pablo Picasso: Spain €10 1-oz Silver Picasso Artwork – Bullfight Colourised Proof Coin: Date/Year of Coin issue: 2023:

3323) Art And Revolutionary Genius Of Pablo Picasso: Spain €10 1-oz Silver Picasso Artwork – Bullfight Colourised Proof Coin: Date/Year of Coin issue: 2023:

Spanish Painter - Pablo Picasso:

Pablo Ruiz Picasso  (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France.

One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore

Among his most famous works are the proto-CubistLes Demoiselles d'Avignon” (1907) and the anti-war painting “Guernica” (1937), a dramatic portrayal of the bombing of Guernica by German and Italian air forces during the Spanish Civil War.

Picasso demonstrated extraordinary artistic talent in his early years, painting in a naturalistic manner through his childhood and adolescence. 

During the first decade of the 20th century, his style changed as he experimented with different theories, techniques, and ideas

After 1906, the Fauvist work of the older artist Henri Matisse motivated Picasso to explore more radical styles, beginning a fruitful rivalry between the two artists, who subsequently were often paired by critics as the leaders of modern art.

Picasso's output, especially in his early career, is often periodised. 

While the names of many of his later periods are debated, the most commonly accepted periods in his work are the “Blue Period” (1901–1904), the “Rose Period” (1904–1906), the “African-influenced Period” (1907–1909), “Analytic Cubism” (1909–1912), and “Synthetic Cubism” (1912–1919), also referred to as the “Crystal period”.

Much of Picasso's work of the late 1910s and early 1920s is in a neoclassical style, and his work in the mid-1920s often has characteristics of Surrealism. His later work often combines elements of his earlier styles.

One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, Spanish painter Pablo Picasso was so famous in his own lifetime that people often asked him to pay his bills with a drawing

Asked to sign one of these drawings at a restaurant, Picasso refused, famously saying, “I’m buying a meal, not the whole restaurant!”.

Upon his passing the world of art, and to some degree popular culture, was never the same.

The Coin:

Here on this immaculate square-shaped coin one can see a portrait of the maestro along with his facsimile signature. 

Part of the Picasso Artwork series that commemorates the 50th Anniversary of his passing in 1973, this colourised coin also features a colourised image of Picasso’s Bullfight ("Corrida de Toros") completed in 1934.

The Obverse and Reverse of the €10 (ten euros) rectangular Coin featuring Picasso’s Powerful Vision Of A Bullfight.

The Reverse of the €10 (Ten Euros) rectangular Coin features a Bull-fight.

Completed during his Surrealism period, Bullfight shows a brown bull flanked by a rearing stallion on the left and an angular, green matador at right. 

Picasso claimed that he admired the power and force of the bull, seeing it as a metaphor for the animalistic, sexual passions of the unconscious mind. To capture that image, he used a tangle of black lines to illustrate the violent energy of a bullfight.

The Obverse of the €10 (Ten Euros) rectangular Coin  features an image of Picasso with his fascimile signature.

The inscriptions are - "2025. ESPANA (Spain). !0 Euro". 

- Gorgeous Proof Coin Struck In Highly Pure Silver

- This mesmerizing 36 mm x 36 mm coin was struck by the Royal Spanish Mint in a Troy ounce of highly pure 99.9% fine silver and comes in gorgeous Proof condition. 

- That means it was expertly crafted by the mint from hand-selected planchets, polished dies, and multiple strikes to produce beautifully frosted details rising over mirror-like fields. 

- The €10 (ten euros) legal tender coin will also come beautifully housed in a clamshell beauty box along with a Certificate of Authenticity (COA).

- Just 10,000 of these 2023 Spain €10 One-Ounce Silver Picasso Artwork – Bullfight Colourised Proofs were struck for worldwide release, a number that’s sure to evaporate quickly into the hands of coin collectors and art connoisseurs the world over.  

COIN HIGHLIGHTS: 

- COMMEMORATING 50th ANNIVERSARY OF PICASSO’S PASSING – This coin is part of the Picasso Artwork series that commemorates the 50th Anniversary of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso’s passing in 1973. This colourised, square-shaped coin features a colorized image of Picasso’s Bullfight (Corrida de Toros) completed in 1934. The coin’s reverse shows a portrait of Picasso and his facsimile signature.

- STRUCK IN HIGHLY PURE SILVER – Each Picasso Artwork – Bullfight Colourised Coin was struck by the Royal Spanish Mint in a Troy ounce of highly pure 99.9% fine silver and measures 36 mm x 36 mm.

- LEGEL-TENDER COIN – These 2023-dated One-Ounce Silver Picasso Artwork – Bullfight Colorized Coins are €10 (ten euros) legal tender in Spain and throughout the European Union.

- GORGEOUS PROOF CONDITION – This 2023 Spain €10 One-Ounce Silver Picasso Artwork – Bullfight Colourised Coins will come in gorgeous proof condition with beautifully frosted details rising over mirror-like fields.

- LIMITED MINTAGE – The limited edition for the 2023 Spain €10 One-Ounce Silver Picasso Artwork – Bullfight Colourised Proof was set at just 10,000 coins for worldwide release.

- Mintage - 10,000 pieces.

The specifications of this Silver rectangular Coin are:

AvailabilityIn Stock; 

Year of Issue: 2023; 

Country: Spain

Metal Composition: .999 Fineness Silver (Ag)

Condition: Proof

Denomination10.00

Currency TypeEuro

Coin Weight31.1 Grams - g

Dimensions: 36.00 mm x 36.00 mm





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