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Pablo Picasso — Faune dévoilant une Femme (Faun Revealing a Woman), plate 27, from La Suite Vollard
Pablo Picasso

Faune dévoilant une Femme (Faun Revealing a Woman), plate 27, from La Suite Vollard

A mythological faun pulls back a curtain to reveal a sleeping woman, rendered in Picasso's masterful intaglio technique with rich, velvety blacks achieved through sugar-lift aquatint. The composition captures a tension between the voyeuristic creature of ancient legend and the vulnerable, luminous female figure, exploring themes of desire, power, and the gaze. Created as part of the celebrated Suite Vollard, this print exemplifies Picasso's extraordinary ability to merge classical mythology with deeply sensual modernist imagery.

Medium
Sugar-lift aquatint, scraper and burin, on Montval laid paper watermarked

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Evening & Day Editions

June 9, 2016

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Pablo Picasso, Faune dévoilant une Femme (Faun Revealing a Woman), plate 27, from La Suite Vollard

A mythological faun pulls back a curtain to reveal a sleeping woman, rendered in Picasso's masterful intaglio technique with rich, velvety blacks achieved through sugar-lift aquatint. The composition captures a tension between the voyeuristic creature of ancient legend and the vulnerable, luminous female figure, exploring themes of desire, power, and the gaze. Created as part of the celebrated Suite Vollard, this print exemplifies Picasso's extraordinary ability to merge classical mythology with deeply sensual modernist imagery.

Medium
Sugar-lift aquatint, scraper and burin, on Montval laid paper watermarked
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surrealism, Monochrome, 20th Century, Intaglio, Cubism, Erotic Art, Mythological Subject, Male Artist, Printmaking, Suite Vollard, Intimate Mood, Modern Era, Figurative Art, Surrealist Influence, Spanish Artist, Master Artist, Black and White, Aquatint

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Sebastián In Situ, Richard Caswell, Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Sebastián Naranjo, Alex Capecelatro, Saul Beceiro Novo