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Pablo Picasso — Minotaure attaquant une amazone (Minotaure Attacking an Amazon), plate 87 from La suite Vollard
Pablo Picasso

Minotaure attaquant une amazone (Minotaure Attacking an Amazon), plate 87 from La suite Vollard

A powerful etching from Picasso's celebrated Vollard Suite, this work depicts the savage confrontation between the mythological Minotaur and an Amazon warrior, rendered with Picasso's characteristically bold and fluid line work. The composition crackles with raw energy and violence as the beast overwhelms its female adversary, exploring themes of desire, dominance, and primal force that preoccupied Picasso throughout the 1930s. Printed on fine Montval paper bearing the Picasso watermark, this impression retains its full deckle edges, preserving the work in its most complete and luxurious form.

Medium
Etching, on Montval paper with watermark Picasso, with full margins (deckle on all sides).

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October 17, 2017

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Pablo Picasso, Minotaure attaquant une amazone (Minotaure Attacking an Amazon), plate 87 from La suite Vollard

A powerful etching from Picasso's celebrated Vollard Suite, this work depicts the savage confrontation between the mythological Minotaur and an Amazon warrior, rendered with Picasso's characteristically bold and fluid line work. The composition crackles with raw energy and violence as the beast overwhelms its female adversary, exploring themes of desire, dominance, and primal force that preoccupied Picasso throughout the 1930s. Printed on fine Montval paper bearing the Picasso watermark, this impression retains its full deckle edges, preserving the work in its most complete and luxurious form.

Medium
Etching, on Montval paper with watermark Picasso, with full margins (deckle on all sides).
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surrealism, Print, 20th Century, Cubism, Mythological Subject, Male Artist, Violence And Drama, Etching, Printmaking, Mythology, Modern Era, Figurative Art, Violence And Struggle, Vollard Suite, Spanish Artist, Print Series, Master Artist, Figurative, Black and White

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