Minotaur with Chalice in Hand and Young Woman (Minotaure, une coupe a la main, et jeune femme)

1933

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

The image shows two full figures on a couch-like setting. The person on the right is reclining, their body mostly turned towards the other figure, and they have their face resting on their hand. Their facial features are delicately outlined, with gentle curves and a full head of hair adorned with a laurel or floral crown. They appear to be unclothed, as there are no visible garments, and the lines of the couch or cushions are visible around them. The figure on the left has a distinctly animalistic head, resembling a bull with a mane, and is sitting with legs crossed. This figure holds an object similar to a goblet in one hand. The line drawing indicates sparse detailing of muscles and body contours. In the background, simple lines depict a window and possibly the horizon of a landscape, reinforcing an interior setting but leaving the surroundings minimalistic and undefined.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching [printed in 1939 by Roger Lacouriere]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1950.16.179

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 349, State only (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), no. 349 only (Bc). See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2.

Wikidata ID

Q65363690

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