Etching. Signed. Inscribed by hand on the reverse. One of five trial proofs from the uncoated plate outside the print run. On wove paper. 27.9 x 38.7 cm. Sheet: 45 x 54,4 cm.
Printed by Crommelynck.
- Copy from the Marina Picasso Collection. - Picasso translates Ingres' model (Louvre) into his own erotically charged visual language. - In terms of their scope, technical variety, and expressive power, Picasso's graphic works represent a significant part of his oeuvre.
LITERATURE: Brigitte Baer, Picasso painter and engraver. Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre gravé et des monotypes, vol. VI: 1966-1968, Bern 1994, catalogue raisonné no. 1786 A (of C) (illustrated).