%C2%A9 Estate of Pablo Picasso %2F Artists Rights Society %28ARS%29%2C New York
Le chef d'oeuvre Inconnu (The Unknown Masterpiece), 1931
Etchings, wood engravings, letterpressexpand_more
The Bruce B. Dayton Fundexpand_more B.80.11
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Interspersed within the text are 13 original etchings created specifically by Picasso for this book. All deal directly or indirectly with the subject of an artist and his model. In this etching the bull, like the artist, is male and the horse, his female model, both engaged in a stand-off in which the bull clearly dominates. Picasso often used the bull as a symbol of the artistic prowess of the artist in the studio.
Details
- Title
- Le chef d'oeuvre Inconnu (The Unknown Masterpiece)
- Artist Life
- (active France), 1881–1973
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- B.80.11
- Provenance
- (Goldschmidt Galleries, New York); sold to MIA, 1980.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Cramer 20; Boston 225; MoMA 163; Skira 293; Rauch 53; Vollard 191; Horodisch 38-39; V&A 92; B. 82-94 and bk. no. 19; Goeppert 20; Artist and the Book 225; Century of Artists Books 28; Stern 86; Johnson 54
- Curator Approved
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