
Picasso's Meninas from Hommage à Picasso
A masterful exercise in layered artistic dialogue, this etching and aquatint brings together Hamilton's sharp conceptual sensibility with Picasso's own reimagining of Velázquez's iconic Las Meninas. Hamilton employs the intricate tonal possibilities of aquatint alongside the precise linear qualities of drypoint and roulette to reconstruct Picasso's fragmented, Cubist-inflected figures within the grand compositional framework of the original masterwork. The result is a richly textured homage upon a homage, printed on luxurious Rives paper with full margins, celebrating the enduring chain of influence that connects generations of artistic vision.
- Medium
- Etching and aquatint with roulette and drypoint, on Rives paper, with full margins,
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
December 12, 2013
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