Sculptor and Two Sculpted Heads

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Sculptor and Two Sculpted Heads

1933

Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) Printed by Roger Lacourière (French, 1892–1966)

Here a sculptor gazes at a bust resembling the plaster heads that Picasso made of Marie-Thérèse Walter, his lover, at the château of Boisgeloup. The bust rests on top of a second sculpture, one of Hercules, complete with furrowed brow and unruly hair—creating a link between Picasso’s own work and that of the ancient world.

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Object Details

Titles:

Sculptor and Two Sculpted Heads
Sculpteur et deux têtes sculptées, From the Vollard Suite, Paris, 1939

Date:

1933

Artists:

Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) Printed by Roger Lacourière (French, 1892–1966)

Medium:

Etching

Dimensions:

Plate: 10 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches (26.7 x 19.4 cm) Sheet: 17 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches (44.5 x 33.7 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Lisa Norris Elkins Fund, 1950

Accession Number:

1950-129-38

Geography:

Made in Paris, France, Europe

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