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Pablo Picasso — Modèle et sculpture surréaliste (Model and Surrealist Sculpture), plate 74, from La suite Vollard
Pablo Picasso

Modèle et sculpture surréaliste (Model and Surrealist Sculpture), plate 74, from La suite Vollard

A masterwork of Picasso's celebrated Vollard Suite, this etching with drypoint presents a contemplative nude model alongside a fantastical sculptural form rendered in the artist's signature surrealist vocabulary. Executed with extraordinary technical precision on Montval laid paper, Picasso's fine, sinuous lines create a dynamic tension between the organic human figure and the enigmatic, biomorphic sculpture. The composition reflects Picasso's deep engagement with Surrealism during the 1930s, exploring the boundaries between reality and imagination, life and art.

Medium
Etching with drypoint, on Montval laid paper, with full margins,

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October 28, 2013

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Pablo Picasso, Modèle et sculpture surréaliste (Model and Surrealist Sculpture), plate 74, from La suite Vollard

A masterwork of Picasso's celebrated Vollard Suite, this etching with drypoint presents a contemplative nude model alongside a fantastical sculptural form rendered in the artist's signature surrealist vocabulary. Executed with extraordinary technical precision on Montval laid paper, Picasso's fine, sinuous lines create a dynamic tension between the organic human figure and the enigmatic, biomorphic sculpture. The composition reflects Picasso's deep engagement with Surrealism during the 1930s, exploring the boundaries between reality and imagination, life and art.

Medium
Etching with drypoint, on Montval laid paper, with full margins,
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surrealism, 20th Century, Studio Scene, Figure Study, Cubism, Male Artist, Etching, Printmaking, Vollard Suite, Spanish Artist, Master Artist, Black and White

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Collected by

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