About The Work
Arguably the most celebrated artist of the modern era, Pablo Picasso’s influence on art history is undeniable. Known for gestural strokes, Cubist abstraction and a strict adherence to technique, Picasso’s style shifted greatly over the course of his massive career, however certain themes remained throughout. In this etching from 1966, Vénus Foraine, a wild scene involving a donkey, female nudes, and several musicians and is rendered using raw, tactile tones and exuberant cross-hatching.
About Pablo Picasso
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Etching, drypoint with scraper on Rives wove with BFK Rives watermark
1 of 15 Artist's Proofs of the third (final) state.
19.75 x 23.25 in
50.2 x 59.1 cm
This work has a Marina Picasso Collection oval stamp on verso.
About The Work
Arguably the most celebrated artist of the modern era, Pablo Picasso’s influence on art history is undeniable. Known for gestural strokes, Cubist abstraction and a strict adherence to technique, Picasso’s style shifted greatly over the course of his massive career, however certain themes remained throughout. In this etching from 1966, Vénus Foraine, a wild scene involving a donkey, female nudes, and several musicians and is rendered using raw, tactile tones and exuberant cross-hatching.
About Pablo Picasso
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: Cut and Paste - A Close Look at Collage
- Interviews & Features: The Artspace Art for Life Interview with Barry Schwabsky
- Interviews & Features: The Art of The Plant
- Art 101: ANATOMY OF AN ARTWORK 'Women at Their Toilette' 1938, by Pablo Picasso
- Art 101: Who Is She? The Artist Love Affairs of Yesteryear
Printed by Crommelynk, 1966. Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, 1967. Bloch 1232; Baer 1461.III.B.b.2.
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