Pablo Picasso* (1881 - 1973)
'Sleeper and Sculptures', 1933

Etching on chamois-colored machine-made laid paper. Image size 26.5 x 19.5 cm, sheet size 41.5 x 31 cm. Signed lower right in the plate: Picasso, and numbered in pencil lower left: 33/50. One of 50 numbered copies of the final state from 1961. Framed unter passepartout and glass and described as such.
Studio scenes are a frequent feature in the work of Pablo Picasso. They depict the painter or sculptor, the model, sculptures, or, as in the present work, only the model and two sculptures: a seated figure and a head on a stele. The live, nude model lies dreamily on a sofa behind the primal female or maternal figure, creating a connection between the two sculptures with her body and arms. The artist himself is also present in his imagination: his hidden, laurel-wreathed portrait can be discerned in the wreathed head.
Provenance:
Private collection, Cologne.

Reserve price: 4,000 €