Pablo Picasso | 4 May 1945 | Etching Neon palette in the moment of frustration

in the moment of frustration or surprise or the recognition that something has gone irremediably wrong

the recurring figure — that runs through his practice from his earliest collaborations with Keith Haring through his independent career

produced outside the main edition in very small numbers and considered among the most desirable formats in his printed output

Brainwash engages with this proposition with characteristic layering: celebrating it

Brainwash's silkscreen output — an edition of just 25

Pablo Picasso | 4 May 1945 | Etching Neon palette in the moment of frustrationPablo Picasso (18811973) 4 May 1945 Etching Etching Dated in the plate Dated in the plate 4 May 1945 just four days before VE Day, the formal end of the Second World War in Europe this etching is among the most historically specific works in Picasso's graphic output. The date itself is the subject as much as anything depicted: the world on the verge of transformation, the end of six years of European catastrophe four days away, the specific quality of