"Le Repos Du Sculpteur III" 1956 German Lithograph by Pablo Picasso

Description

1956 German Lithograph Le Repos du Sculpteur III from the Vollard Suite - unsigned in a pale wood frame. Slight … more 1956 German Lithograph Le Repos du Sculpteur III from the Vollard Suite - unsigned in a pale wood frame. Slight yellowing of the print from age, but otherwise in very good condition. Size: 11” x 14” (framed), 7.5” c 9.5” (sight). Annotations/markings on the backside of print.

This is from a set of 5. If interested in all 5 please contact the store.

Vollard Suite:

The works are inscribed by Picasso with the year month and day that he drew the image. The suite begins with prints exploring the theme of the sculptor's studio, Picasso's mistress, Marie-Thérèse Walter, is portrayed as a model lying in the arms of a bearded sculptor. A minotaur appears later in the series, joining in scenes of bacchic excess, but the minotaur is transformed from a gentle lover and bon vivant into a rapist and devourer of women, reflecting Picasso's turbulent relationships with Marie-Thérèse and his wife Olga. In a third transformation, the minotaur becomes pathetic, blind and impotent, he wanders by night, led by a little girl with the features of Marie-Thérèse. The final three prints from the suite are portraits of Vollard. less