Picasso, Pablo, Minotaure aveugle guidé par une fillette dans la nuit Suite Vollard, 1934

1934-1935

Original aquatint and drypoint on Montval filigree laid paper

24.7 x 34.7 cm

Signed by the artist in pencil lower right

Edition Roger Lacourière; Vollard éditeur, Paris

References: Bloch 225; Baer 437: Minotaure aveugle guidé par Marie-Thérèse au pigeon dans une nuit étoilée

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Blind Minotaur guided by a little girl in the night is one of the masterpieces of the Suite Vollard and of Picasso’s engraved work. Vulnerable, crippled and guided by a little girl with the features of Marie-Thérèse, the Minotaur takes on a tragic, even pathetic dimension. The work has given rise to a wide range of interpretations, reflecting both Picasso’s private life, which was tumultuous at the time, and the particularly threatening historical context of the time.