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El Arrastre, 1902
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Above left: Composite infrared
reflectogram of The Tragedy (1.2-5.0 microns), showing 1902
composition beneath the painting enhanced here with red outlines
Above right: Pablo Picasso, Corrida de toros: El Arrastre,
Barcelona, 1902, pencil on paper, Musée Picasso, Paris |
Supplementing the x-radiograph, an
infrared
study was done at a different wavelength. Rather than showing only an
enhanced image of the discovered bullring composition, the new infrared
image revealed an entirely separate composition. It showed a prancing
horse with a bound tail and a headdress, as well as a small figure in
profile and the legs of another figure in motion. Picasso abandoned the
1901 work, not to paint The Tragedy, but to produce a scene similar
to a pencil drawing of 1902, Corrida de toros:
El Arrastre, an image that depicts the dragging of the dead animals
from the bullring.
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