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Pablo PicassoJuly 27, 1968; printed and published 1969
- Attribution
- Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) printed and published by Edition Galerie Louise Leiris
- Medium
- Aquatint and scraper, with drypoint in black on white wove paper
- Physical dimensions
- 31.6 × 39.4 cm (12 1/2 × 15 9/16 in.)
- Credit line
- The Lyman family in memory of Mollie Michala Lyman
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Late in his career, Picasso created this atmospheric mezzotint and aquatint, one of only two in that reductive medium for his expansive 347 gravures of erotic, romantic prints. Picasso depicted himself in these prints as an adventurer, a lover, a voyeur, and here, as an artist. The female figures may both be his models, or—considering the brazenly confident stare of the one seated to the right—his seductresses. The haze of burnishing makes their true motivations unclear.
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