Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)
9 July 1931, Boisgeloup
Etching on Montval laid paper with Vollard watermark
Image 10 1/4 x 13 1/2 in. (26 x 34.3 cm); archival frame 20 1/4 x 23 in. (51.4 x 58.4 cm)
Provenance: Private New England collection
Among the earliest plates in the Vollard Suite, Deux Sculpteurs devant une Statue was made on 9 July 1931 at Boisgeloup, the château outside Paris where Picasso had recently established his sculpture studio. It is the first plate in the suite to bring two male sculptors together within a single image, the two bearded classical figures rendered in Picasso's characteristic unbroken line, one resting a long arm across the other's shoulder as they contemplate a statue beyond the picture plane. The intimacy of the pose and the quiet intensity of shared contemplation give this plate a distinctive calm within the broader drama of the Sculptor's Studio sequence.
Printed in an edition of 260 on Montval laid paper bearing the Vollard watermark, with full deckled margins, and signed in pencil lower right by Picasso. The Vollard Suite, comprising 100 etchings produced between 1930 and 1937, is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the British Museum, London; the National Gallery of Canada; and institutions worldwide. This impression comes from a private New England collection.
The Vollard Suite occupies a central place in the history of 20th century printmaking, representing Picasso's most sustained engagement with the etching medium and his deepest exploration of the sculptor as a surrogate for the artist. The Sculptor's Studio plates, of which this is among the first, establish the classical world as a space for meditation on creativity, desire, and the relationship between the artist and his work. This impression, in strong condition with full margins, offers direct access to one of the defining graphic cycles of modernism.
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Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)
9 July 1931, Boisgeloup
Etching on Montval laid paper with Vollard watermark
Image 10 1/4 x 13 1/2 in. (26 x 34.3 cm); archival frame 20 1/4 x 23 in. (51.4 x 58.4 cm)
Provenance: Private New England collection
Among the earliest plates in the Vollard Suite, Deux Sculpteurs devant une Statue was made on 9 July 1931 at Boisgeloup, the château outside Paris where Picasso had recently established his sculpture studio. It is the first plate in the suite to bring two male sculptors together within a single image, the two bearded classical figures rendered in Picasso's characteristic unbroken line, one resting a long arm across the other's shoulder as they contemplate a statue beyond the picture plane. The intimacy of the pose and the quiet intensity of shared contemplation give this plate a distinctive calm within the broader drama of the Sculptor's Studio sequence.
Printed in an edition of 260 on Montval laid paper bearing the Vollard watermark, with full deckled margins, and signed in pencil lower right by Picasso. The Vollard Suite, comprising 100 etchings produced between 1930 and 1937, is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the British Museum, London; the National Gallery of Canada; and institutions worldwide. This impression comes from a private New England collection.
The Vollard Suite occupies a central place in the history of 20th century printmaking, representing Picasso's most sustained engagement with the etching medium and his deepest exploration of the sculptor as a surrogate for the artist. The Sculptor's Studio plates, of which this is among the first, establish the classical world as a space for meditation on creativity, desire, and the relationship between the artist and his work. This impression, in strong condition with full margins, offers direct access to one of the defining graphic cycles of modernism.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
