Descendants of Pablo Picasso to release never-before-seen artworks As NFTs

Descendants of the world-renowned artist Pablo Picasso plan to auction over 1,000 digital pieces, including a never-before-seen ceramic artwork. This endeavor was described as an attempt to marry the worlds of fine art and crypto-assets.

According to Marina Picasso, the artists’ granddaughter, those interested can soon purchase the digitalized ceramic piece from 1958. Marina and her son Florian currently reside in Geneva and hope to introduce their ancestor to the growing world of crypto that has taken the art industry by storm.

“We’re trying to build a bridge between the NFT world and the fine art world,” Florian Picasso told the Associated Press in an interview published Wednesday.

Buyers will not directly own the ceramic or the images that it depicts, they will instead be purchasing digital tokens of which there are limited copies. The last NFT to make global headlines was the auction of Paul McCartney’s original notes for the song “Hey Jude.”

Pablo Picasso’s ceramic piece was said to be made when Marina was a child and has never been publicly displayed. According to Marina, the piece is “a work that represents a face, and it’s very expressive.”

“It’s joyful, happy. It represents life. … It’s one of those objects that have been part of our life, our intimate lives — my life with my children.”

Marina has stated in interviews that her relationship with the late artist was rather troubled.

“We had a very hard life, living in close to misery. He never gave us as much as a sketch, although he gave sketches to his hairdresser or cleaner,” she said of her grandfather’s conduct when he was alive.

Source: The Washington Post