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Drinking minotaur and reclining woman
Maker
(artist)
1881-1973
(etcher)
1881-1973
1881-1973
(etcher)
1881-1973
Title
Drinking minotaur and reclining woman
Date of Production
1933
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Height: 19.25 cm
Width: 27 cm
Width: 27 cm
Accession Number
G.1984.AH.24
Mode of Acquisition
Diana Hunter, bequest, 1984
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
© Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2023
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
This etching is one of a hundred made by Picasso for the Vollard Suite, a landmark in his printmaking career. The work, made during his passionate affair with his model, Marie-Thérèse Walter, reveals Picasso’s obsession with the intellectual and sexual aspects of an artist’s creative process. The mythical figure of the Minotaur represents lust, whilst the precise draughtsmanship might be seen as indicating cool rationality. Recalling figures on classical Greek vases, the reclining Minotaur regards the viewer and toasts his conquest.
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Exhibition History
Ralph Steadman: Inkling, The Historic Dockyard, Chatham, 21/09/2024-17/11/2024
Bruegel to Freud: Prints from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 19/06/2014-21/09/2014
Special Display - Picasso, Matisse, Maillol: The Female Model, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 24/01/2013-26/05/2013 ...More
Special Display - Impressionist Prints, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 13/06/2008-13/10/2008
Captured on Paper, Animals in the Prints and Drawings Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/06/2002-11/08/2002
The Hunter Collection of Twentieth Century Masters, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/10/1987-03/06/1988 ...Less
Bruegel to Freud: Prints from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 19/06/2014-21/09/2014
Special Display - Picasso, Matisse, Maillol: The Female Model, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 24/01/2013-26/05/2013 ...More
Special Display - Impressionist Prints, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 13/06/2008-13/10/2008
Captured on Paper, Animals in the Prints and Drawings Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/06/2002-11/08/2002
The Hunter Collection of Twentieth Century Masters, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/10/1987-03/06/1988 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscribed : signed : recto & lower right, below platemark : the signature underlined : Picasso
Inscription: inscribed : in the plate : lower left : : PARIS 17 Mai XXXIII
Inscription: inscribed : in the plate : lower left : : PARIS 17 Mai XXXIII
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