Le Taureau (The Bull)

1941/1942

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

This is an image of a bull in a grassy field. The drawing shows a strong bull with horns standing confidently among vegetation. The surrounding strokes suggest a grassy environment. The black ink lines vary in thickness, detailing the bull's texture and capturing plant intricacies. The style is expressive and bold, akin to Pablo Picasso's work. Minimal shading highlights the bull against the uncolored background. The word "LE TAUREAU," meaning 'The Bull' in French, is written at the bottom of the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    aquatint on China paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 36.1 x 28 cm (14 3/16 x 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.116.122

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 577, State ii/ii (Bb)

  • 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. 577. See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: LE TAUREAU; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 89924

Wikidata ID

Q74892351

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