Sculptor, Model, and Boy with a Sculpture Representing the Abduction of Europa (Sculpteur, garçon et modèle avec un groupe sculpté représentant le rapt d'Europe)

1933

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

The image contains intricate, flowing lines and curves that intertwine to form an abstract composition. The shapes resemble human figures, animals, vines, and foliage wrapping around limbs and bodies. The artwork suggests connections to familiar objects such as human faces, a bull's head, and reclining figures adorned with floral garlands. The abstract arrangement and blend of human and mythical elements create a tableau for viewers to explore.
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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: 19.5 x 26.3 cm (7 11/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 38.5 x 49.8 cm (15 3/16 x 19 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.16.122

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 318, 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 center in plate (in reverse): Paris 30 mars XXXIII-; lower right below plate mark in red ink: Picasso; lower left below plate mark in red ink: 15/15; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 317

Wikidata ID

Q65363409

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