Rape under the Window (Le viol sous la fenetre)

1933

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

This print shows a complex arrangement of intertwined and chaotic lines. The shapes suggest forms of human limbs entangled together without any clear scene, showing body parts merging in an indistinct mass. The impression is that of a moment of intense struggle or embrace.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    aquatint, etching, and drypoint [printed in 1939 by Roger Lacouriere]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1950.16.204

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 342, State xiv/xiv (Bc)

  • Copyright

    © 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1968

  • Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso; catalogue de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie 1904-1967. Bern: Kornfeld und Klipstein, 1968.

1990

  • Geiser, Bernhard and Brigette Baer. Picasso peintre-graveur. 2 vols. Berne: Éditions Kornfeld, 1990 (vol. 1) and 1992 (vol. 2). See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2

Wikidata ID

Q65363826

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