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PABLO PICASSO
(1881-1973)
Sculpteur et son Modèle devant une fenêtre, from La Suite Vollard, 1933

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23 March 2021, 15:00 GMT

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PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

Sculpteur et son Modèle devant une fenêtre, from La Suite Vollard, 1933
signed in pencil
etching, on Montval laid paper with Montgolfier watermark
38.8 x 50.2cm (15 1/4 x 19 3/4in).
This work is from the edition of 50, printed by Lacourière, published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1939

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Provenance
The Estate of H.M. Petiet, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the current owner.

Literature
Georges Bloch, Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié, Volume I, 1904-1967, Berne, 1968 (Bl.168).
Geiser & Baer, Picasso Peintre-graveur, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé, Volume II, 1932-1934, Berne, 1992 (B.321.II.B.c).

In the 1920s Picasso had produced two series of etchings as illustrations for Balzac's Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu (lot 47) and Ovid's Metamorphoses, both of which deal with the relationship between artist and model and the challenges an artist faces in expressing the true nature and beauty of his subject. This was further explored in the Vollard Suite. Sculpteur et son Modèle devant une fenêtre depicts the artist producing a sculpture of his model, an image inspired by the story of Pygmalion, in which the sculptor falls in love with his creation, an appropriate analogy for Picasso.

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PABLO PICASSO
(1881-1973)
Sculpteur et son Modèle devant une fenêtre, from La Suite Vollard, 1933