Drinking minotaur and reclining woman

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Maker

(artist)
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

Object Number

G.1984.AH.24

Mode of Acquisition

Diana Hunter, bequest, 1984

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

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.

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscribed : signed : recto & lower right, below platemark : the signature underlined : Picasso

Inscription: inscribed : in the plate : lower left : : PARIS 17 Mai XXXIII

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, Courtauld Gallery, London, 19/06/2014-21/09/2014
Special Display - Picasso, Matisse, Maillol: The Female Model, Courtauld Gallery, London, 24/01/2013-26/05/2013
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Special Display - Impressionist Prints, Courtauld Gallery, London, 13/06/2008-13/10/2008
Captured on Paper, Animals in the Prints and Drawings Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/06/2002-11/08/2002
The Hunter Collection of Twentieth Century Masters, Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/10/1987-03/06/1988
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