Femme Aux Longs Cheveux: 2nd Edition; Gongora Suite

Portrit de Gongora by Picasso, “The Gongora Suite”. Picasso originally Illustrated this book with etching in 1948 in an edition of 250. This 2nd Edition done in 1965 was created in Lithography to richly illuminate the inky black color in the prints. Picasso was inspired by the compositions of illuminated manuscripts. Picasso copied the 20 sonnets himself, made to illustrate the poems of Luis de Góngora y Argote. Góngora was a Spanish Baroque lyric poet. Góngora and his lifelong rival, Francisco de Quevedo, are widely considered the most prominent Spanish poets of all time. His style is characterized by what was called culteranismo, also known as Gongorismo.