Nude model

Maker

(artist)
1881-1973

(etcher)
1881-1973

Title

Nude model

Date of Production

1927

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Height: 29.7 cm
Width: 19.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1935.SC.197

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1935

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

The relationship between the male artist and the female model became a central theme in Picasso’s art in the 1920s. In this, the first etching he devoted to the subject, he depicts an artist contemplating his canvas under the gaze of his model, whose Grecian profile recalls that of Picasso’s lover, Marie-Thérèse Walter. The economy of line, similar to that of Picasso’s contemporaneous drawings, and the sculptural quality of the figures underscore his engagement with classical art.

Notes

This etching was made in Paris in 1927 (between January 29 and March 29). It was published by the Société des Amateurs d'Art et des Collectionneurs in an edition of 100 on wove Arches paper printed by Leblanc and Trautmann in 1927, after the plate had been steel faced. A further 40 proofs were printed on simili-Japan paper after 1932 by Leblanc and Trautmann; these impressions were numbered 1/40 to 40/40 (the Courtauld impression is from this later printing).

Provenance

Leicester Galleries, London; purchased there by Samuel Courtauld (1876-1947); Courtauld Gift, 1935

Exhibition History

Impressions of Modern Life: Prints from the Courtauld Gallery, Royal Holloway College, Egham, Surrey, 13/01/2020-03/04/2020

Special Display - Picasso, Matisse, Maillol: The Female Model, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 24/01/2013-26/05/2013

The Art of Etching - Prints from the Courtauld Collection
selected by Christopher Le Brun, London & England, 05/02/1997-25/05/1997 ...More

The Nude: 19th & 20th Century Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Prints, Morley Gallery, London, 10/04/1975-24/05/1975

Drawings and Engravings from the Courtauld Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, December 1959-April 1960 ...Less

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscribed : signed & numbered : lower left margin : the signature underlined : 37/40 Picasso

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