L'attente 1966

This powerful 1966 original poster, published for the Museo Picasso in Barcelona on the occasion of a tribute marking Pablo Picasso’s 85th anniversary, reproduces the haunting work “L’attente” (“The Waiting”). Issued with the mention Homenaje en su 85 aniversario, Gentileza de Sala Gaspar, it belongs to the important series of mid-20th-century museum posters that transformed modern painting into iconic public imagery.

The composition is dominated by a solitary female figure wrapped in deep reds and blacks, her pale face emerging from a dense, vibrating background of green, yellow, and blue brushstrokes. Picasso’s expressive handling of color and form gives the subject an intense psychological presence: the tilted head, darkened eyes, and compressed posture evoke introspection, vulnerability, and quiet tension. Rather than describing a scene, the image communicates a state of mind—an emotional pause suspended in time.

Graphically, the poster is elegantly restrained. The painting occupies the visual core, while the typography—“Museo Picasso, Palacio Aguilar” and “Barcelona, España”—frames the image with clarity and authority. This balance between expressive artwork and sober layout typifies museum posters of the period, asserting both cultural prestige and visual impact.

Created at a moment when Picasso was internationally celebrated as a living monument of modern art, this poster reflects the growing institutional recognition of his work in his native Spain. Today, it stands as both a collectible piece of graphic design and a historical document, capturing how Picasso’s deeply human imagery was presented to the public in the mid-1960s, at the height of his global influence.

Original Poster

Exhibition - Woman - Spain

Museo Picasso Palacio Aguilar - Barcelona - Homenaje en su 85 aniversario, Gentileza de Sala Gaspar

Printed by Foto-repro in Barcelona

Good condition