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Pablo Picasso
Taureau et PicadorJune 17, 1952

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Etching or lithograph of a bullfighting scene with a charging bull, collapsed horse, and mounted rider with a lance, rendered in dense black lines on cream paper
Etching or drypoint print of a horse's head in profile with bared teeth, rendered in dense crosshatching and gestural scratched lines against a light background with dark shadowy forms.
Intaglio print with dense cross-hatched lines depicting abstracted mechanical or figural forms in dark black ink on pale paper, with a prominent circular coiled shape and angular elements converging toward the center.
Intaglio print, likely etching, depicting a figure leaning over a bull in a dynamic, close-cropped composition; dense crosshatching creates deep shadows in dark ink on cream paper.
Etching of a bull in profile, head lowered and turned toward the viewer, rendered with dense crosshatching in dark ink against a light ground, with fragmented architectural forms in the background.
Etching or drypoint print of a bull's head in close-up, rendered in dark crosshatched lines against a shadowy background, with expressive hatching defining the muscular snout and curved horns.
Etching with dense cross-hatching and expressive drypoint lines; a reclining figure rendered in loose, gestural marks occupies the center, with a heavily worked dark form at upper left and vigorous diagonal scratching throughout.
Artist or Maker
Pablo Picasso
Spain, 1881-1973, active France
Title
Taureau et Picador
Date Made
June 17, 1952
Medium
Aquatint, scraper, drypoint, and engraving printed on Arches wove paper
Dimensions
Frame: 25 1/2 × 30 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (64.77 × 77.47 × 3.81 cm) Mat: 24 1/4 × 29 3/8 × 3/8 in. (61.6 × 74.61 × 0.95 cm) Sheet: 19 3/4 × 25 3/4 in. (50.17 × 65.41 cm) Plate: 16 7/16 × 21 1/2 in. (41.75 × 54.61 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the 2014 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
M.2014.73
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Copyright
© Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York