Pablo Picasso Spanish, 1881-1973
Sculpteur, Modèle Couché et Sculpture, Plate 37 from La Suite Vollard, 1933
Etching
10.5 x 7.5"
202111-4442
This original etching one of 100 images from the famous Vollard Suite. The suite of 100 images was named for Picasso's art dealer and publisher, Ambroise Vollard (1867-1939) who was...
This original etching one of 100 images from the famous Vollard Suite. The suite of 100 images was named for Picasso's art dealer and publisher, Ambroise Vollard (1867-1939) who was also responsible for giving the first one-man show in Paris for Picasso in 1901. Picasso worked extensively on the set in the spring of 1933, and completed the suite in 1937. It took a further two years for the printmaker to finish printing the 230 full sets, but the death of Vollard in 1939 and the Second World War meant that the sets only started coming onto the art market in the 1950s.
This print in particular was made on 17 March 1933 in Paris. Unusually, the sculptor's creation is a standing male nude. The sculptor appears surprised at confronting a version of himself. Differences of scale between the sculptor, the reclining model, and the created work heighten the sense of ambiguity.
Most recently the Picasso Suite Vollard etchings were exhibited at the National Gallery in Washington D.C., the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the Norton Simon Museum, and the Nassau County Museum of Art. There are more than 120 major museums which display significant Picasso collections. It is said that Picasso's Vollard Suite is the greatest group of prints produced in the 20th century.
The artwork is signed 'Picasso' lower right and is beautifully presented in a contemporary, hand gilded gold frame.
This print in particular was made on 17 March 1933 in Paris. Unusually, the sculptor's creation is a standing male nude. The sculptor appears surprised at confronting a version of himself. Differences of scale between the sculptor, the reclining model, and the created work heighten the sense of ambiguity.
Most recently the Picasso Suite Vollard etchings were exhibited at the National Gallery in Washington D.C., the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the Norton Simon Museum, and the Nassau County Museum of Art. There are more than 120 major museums which display significant Picasso collections. It is said that Picasso's Vollard Suite is the greatest group of prints produced in the 20th century.
The artwork is signed 'Picasso' lower right and is beautifully presented in a contemporary, hand gilded gold frame.