Sculptor Reclining with His Model before a Small Torso (Sculpteur au repos avec son modèle, anémones et Petit Torse)

1933

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

The image is a line drawing showing two figures seated close together. The male figure has a full beard, curly hair, and a crown made of leaves or flowers adorning his head. The female figure is lying against the male with an arm around his neck. She has long, wavy hair. Both figures are nude. In the background, there is a vase with flowers and a small dish. On the right side, there is a pedestal with a simplified outline of a sculpture. The background features simple horizontal lines.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on Montval laid paper [printed in 1939 by Roger Lacourière]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.3 x 26.6 cm (7 5/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 38.4 x 50.2 cm (15 1/8 x 19 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.16.119

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 315, State only (Bc)

  • Series Title

    Vollard Suite [Bloch 134-233]

  • 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.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate (in reverse): Paris 30 mars XXXIII-; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 314

Wikidata ID

Q65363388

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