Etching. Signed. Dated "Paris 10 mars XXXIV" in the printing plate. One off 260 copies from this state. On Montval laid paper (with watermark "Vollard"). 22.2 x 31.4 cm. Sheet: 34 x 44,7 cm.
Sheet 82 from "Suite Vollard". Published in Edition Vollard, Paris, in 1939. [JS].
- Sheet 82 of the famous “Suite Vollard” (1930-1937), Picasso's most famous series of prints. - In the 100 sheets of the “Suite Vollard,” Picasso intensively explores his central theme of artist and model. - Art and Eros: The special quality of these scenes lies in the tension between creative and erotic passion. - Picasso, the love-addicted artist, appears here in the form of his alter ego, the love-hungry Zeus, the secret voyeur of the erotic scene in the form of a statue. - Sheets from the “Suite Vollard” can now be found in international museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Centre Pompidou, Paris.
LITERATURE: Bernhard Geiser, Brigitte Baer, Picasso peintre-graveur. Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre gravé et des monotypes, Vol. II: 1932-1934, Bern 1992, CR no. 424/V/B/d (with ill., different copy). Georges Bloch, Pablo Picasso. Catalogue de l’œuvre gravé et lithographié 1904-1967, vol. I, Bern 1984, CR no. 219 (with ill., different copy). - - Galerie Kornfeld, 19th and 20th Century Art, Part II, Auction 222, June 24 and 25, 1999, cat. no. 847 (with ill. plate 66).

Private collection, Baden-Württemberg (since 1999: Galerie Kornfeld, Bern)