Bidspirit auction | John Myatt’s Copy Of Pablo
John Myatt’s Copy Of Pablo Picasso’s Cubist Oil Painting Portrait ‘Girl In A Red Hat’. - This work is an oil painting on stretched canvas executed in a Cubist style. The composition depicts a woman with stylized, asymmetrical facial features in tones of light blue and white. She is portrayed with dark brown hair, wearing a wide-brimmed red hat and a pleated red dress with a white collar. The figure is set against a vibrant yellow background featuring thick, horizontal impasto brushwork. The painting is signed and dated in the lower left corner in dark paint, reading Picasso 39. The work is housed in a deep-profile, ornate gilded frame featuring elaborate Rococo-style carvings including shells, scrolls, and foliate motifs.