Minotaur, drinker and woman
(Minotaure, buveur et femmes)
1933; printed 1939
plate 92 from The Vollard Suite 1930–37
Medium
drypoint, etching, scraper and engraving
Measurements
29.6 × 36.6 cm (image and plate) 34.2 × 44.6 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1969
© Pablo Picasso/Sussession Pablo Picasso. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Boisgeloup, Normandy, France
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Geiser/Baer 368.IV.B.d; Bloch 200
Edition
edition of 260, 4th of 4 states
Printing/Publishing
printed by Roger Lacourière, Paris; published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Inscription
printed (in reverse) in ink (in image) l.l.: Boisgeloup 18 Juin XXXIII -
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Picasso (underlined)
Accession Number
P27-1969
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
drinking legendary beings men (male humans) Minotaur (Greek character) nudes (representations) reclining women (female humans)