Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Femme nue couronnée de fleurs from La Suite Vollard
etching, on Montval laid paper watermark Vollard, 1933, signed in pencil, from the edition of 260 (there was also an edition of 50 with wider margins), published by A. Vollard, Paris, 1939
Image: 12¹⁄₄ x 8³⁄₄ in. (313 x 222 mm.)
Sheet: 17³⁄₈ x 13¹⁄₄ in. (441 x 337 mm.)

Bloch 134; Baer 192

Picasso, Braque and Léger: 20th Century Modern Masters: Exhibition of 100 Masterworks, The Forest Lawn Museum, Los Angeles, September 15, 2012 - January 1, 2013; The Oglethorpe Museum of Art, Atlanta, September 8 – December 8, 2013; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, September 24- November 27, 2016; The Hyde Collection, Glen Falls, New York, October 6, 2019 – January 5, 2020.

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The one hundred etchings of the Suite Vollard were created by Pablo Picasso between 1930 and 1937, a seminal period in his career. The images function almost as entries in a diary, illustrating a galaxy of motifs and preoccupations, including the artist’s desire for his young mistress and muse Marie-Thérèse Walter, his fascination with the process of artistic creation and transformation, the battle of the sexes and the analogy of making art and making love.