Minotaure caressant une dormeuse, Suite Vollard 93
Pablo Picasso
SOLD
1933
Original drypoint on watermarked Montval laid paper
30 x 37 cm
Localized and dated in the plate in the lower left corner "Boisgeloup 18 juin XXXIII", signed by the artist in pencil in the lower right corner
Printed by Roger Lacourière; Vollard éditeur, Paris
Catalog raisonné : Bloch 201 ; Baer 369 : Minotaur caressing the hand of a sleeping woman
©Succession Picasso 2025
The figure of the Minotaur, the artist's double, appeared in Picasso's work in 1928, in the large pasted paper of the same name (Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'Art moderne). He reappeared in 1933 in the composition for the cover of the first issue of the Minotaure magazine created by Tériade and Skira. Minotaure caressant une dormeuse (Minotaur caressing a sleeper), an extremely fine work, is animated by a strong tension resulting from the contrasts between the dominant white and the black, intense especially in the area of the Minotaur's highly detailed head.
