PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Minotaure mourant, from La Suite Vollard
etching, on Montval paper watermark Vollard, from the edition of 260 (there was also an edition of 50 with wider margins), published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1939
Image: 7⁵⁄₈ x 10¹⁄₂ in. (194 x 267 mm.)
Sheet: 13¹⁄₄ x 17¹⁄₂ in. (337 x 445 mm.)

Bloch 198; Baer 366

Picasso, Braque and Léger: 20th Century Modern Masters: Exhibition of 100 Masterworks, 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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Another key element in Picasso’s oeuvre and personal mythology, the Minotaur, is present in no fewer than twenty-one scenes. For the Surrealists, the Minotaur represented the dark centre of man’s violent, irrational desires. While he also recognized the Minotaur as the monster within, Picasso identified the creature more closely with the fighting bull of his native Spain, whose power, pride and ferocity he regarded as corresponding to his own virile persona.