The present work was created during a creative burst of activity between 1958 and 1963 when Picasso focused his attention on linocuts. The subject of the present work is Jacqueline Roque (1927-1986), Picasso's second wife and his most significant muse, who stayed by his side through the artist's final years. Picasso met Jacqueline when she was just 26 years old and working at the artist's ceramics studio at the Madoura pottery workshop in Vallauris, France. Picasso produced approximately 150 color linocuts during the 1950s and 1960s, and the most detailed, bold, and impressive works to come out of this time period are those featuring Jacqueline.

Portrait de Jacqueline au Chapeau de Paille was created the year after Picasso and Jacqueline were married. He captures her youth, beauty and sensuality with both rigid and soft lines and bright colors; her dark, doll-like eyes seem to hold direct contact with the viewer. It tells the beginnings of a 12 year love story, a span in which Pablo Picasso created over 400 images of his wife, more than any other woman of his past.

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