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Pablo Picasso — Visiteur au nez bourbonien chez la Célestine (Visitor with a Bourbon Nose at Célestine's), plate 151 from 347 Series
Pablo Picasso

Visiteur au nez bourbonien chez la Célestine (Visitor with a Bourbon Nose at Célestine's), plate 151 from 347 Series

This aquatint by Pablo Picasso, part of his monumental 347 Series created in 1968, depicts a scene set in a brothel presided over by Célestine, a character drawn from Spanish literary tradition. With characteristic wit and eroticism, Picasso renders a visitor distinguished by his prominent Bourbon nose, blending caricature and sensuality through the rich, velvety tones achievable in the aquatint medium. The work exemplifies Picasso's extraordinary late-career productivity and his enduring fascination with themes of desire, voyeurism, and the theater of human interaction.

Medium
Aquatint, on Rives paper, with full margins.

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Pablo Picasso, Visiteur au nez bourbonien chez la Célestine (Visitor with a Bourbon Nose at Célestine's), plate 151 from 347 Series

This aquatint by Pablo Picasso, part of his monumental 347 Series created in 1968, depicts a scene set in a brothel presided over by Célestine, a character drawn from Spanish literary tradition. With characteristic wit and eroticism, Picasso renders a visitor distinguished by his prominent Bourbon nose, blending caricature and sensuality through the rich, velvety tones achievable in the aquatint medium. The work exemplifies Picasso's extraordinary late-career productivity and his enduring fascination with themes of desire, voyeurism, and the theater of human interaction.

Medium
Aquatint, on Rives paper, with full margins.
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th Century, Cubism, Intaglio Printmaking, Male Artist, Printmaking, Narrative Scene, Figurative Art, Modernism, Spanish Artist, Expressionist Style, Print Series, 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