Picture "Minotaure caressant du mufle la main d'une dormeuse (sheet 93 of the series 'Suite Vollard')" (1933)
Picture "Minotaure caressant du mufle la main d'une dormeuse (sheet 93 of the series 'Suite Vollard')" (1933)
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limited, 260 copies | signed | etching on paper | framed | size 54 x 64.5 cm
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Picture "Minotaure caressant du mufle la main d'une dormeuse (sheet 93 of the series 'Suite Vollard')" (1933)
Between 1930 and 1937, Picasso created a series of 100 prints that would become famous under the name of his publisher, Ambroise Vollard. Picasso and Vollard shared a close, friendly working relationship, which manifested in several print projects, but came to an abrupt end with Vollard's death in 1939, two years after the completion of the series.
In this series, the Spaniard explores the expressive possibilities of graphic techniques with great artistic virtue, where the delicate lines of the etchings find their counterpart in the contrasting aquatint depictions.
Drypoint, 1933, edition of 260 copies on paper, signed. Catalogue raisonné Bloch 201. Motif size 29.8 x 36.5 cm. Sheet size 34 x 44.5 cm. Size in frame 54 x 64.5 cm as shown.
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1881-1973 - Artist of the century from Spain
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