Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Faune dévoilant une Femme (Bloch 230)

細節
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Faune dévoilant une Femme (Bloch 230)
signed in pencil 'Picasso' (lower right)
aquatint, 1936, a fine impression on Montval paper, watermark Picasso, from La Suite Vollard, the edition of two hundred and sixty, published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1939
6mage: 12½ x 16¼ in. (31.5 x 41 cm.);
Sheet: 13½ x 17 3/8 in. (34 x 44 cm.)
來源
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the late Ernst Beyeler.
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

拍品專文

In a room flooded with moonlight a god-like faun unveils a sleeping woman. Inspired by Rembrandt's etching Jupiter and Antiope, Faune devoilant une Femme contains many autobiographical allusions to the artist's relationship with his lover Marie-Thérèse, whose powerful physical allure is so evocatively portrayed in the curvaceous figure of the sleeper. Unlike Rembrant's Jupiter, who leers lecherously at the nubile Antiope, this faun gazes upon her, transfixed by her beauty and reaching out to caress the object of his desire. At the time this etching was made, Marie-Thérèse had given birth to their daughter, Maya, and it has been suggested that the etching is Picasso's nostalgic evocation of a passion now passing, irrevocably changed with the advent of parenthood. It is one of the most beautiful examples of the artist's graphic work, both lyrical and mysterious.