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Femme et Minotaure by Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Femme et Minotaure, 1937

Pastel and pencil on board
23.2 x 20.3 cm (9.13 x 8 in)
Works on Paper
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Last recorded sale at Christie's, London (19 Jun 2019)
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Jun 19, 2019
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Artwork Description
Category

Works on Paper

Dimensions

23.2 x 20.3 cm (9.13 x 8 in)

Materials

pastel and pencil on board

Signature

dated '19-2-37-' (on the reverse)

Provenance

The artist's estate, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Exhibited

London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Homage to Picasso on his 70th Birthday: Drawings and Watercolours since 1893, October - December 1951, no. 53, pp. 23 & n.p. (illustrated n.p.; titled 'The Minotaure and his family disembark').

Munich, Haus der Kunst, Pablo Picasso: Eine Ausstellung zum hundertsten Geburtstag, Werke aus der Sammlung Marina Picasso, February - April 1981, no. 188, pp. 111 & 348-349 (illustrated fig. 40, p. 110; illustrated again p. 348; titled 'Minotaurus in einem Boot mit Frauen' and with incorrect medium); this exhibition later travelled to Venice, Palazzo Grassi, May - July 1981, no. 230, pp. 121 & 335 (illustrated fig. 48, p. 120; illustrated again p. 335; titled 'Il Minotauro in barca'); Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, August - October 1981; Frankfurt, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, October 1981 - January 1982; and Zurich, Kunsthaus, January - March 1982.

Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art, Picasso, Masterpieces from Marina Picasso Collection and from Museums in U.S.A. and U.S.S.R., April - May 1983, no. 149, p. 286 (illustrated p. 122; illustrated again p. 286; titled 'Minotaur on a Boat and Women' and with incorrect medium); this exhibition later travelled to Kyoto, Municipal Museum, June - July 1983.

Victoria, National Gallery of Victoria, Picasso, July - September 1984, no. 112, p. 120 (illustrated; titled 'Minotaur in a boat with women'); this exhibition later travelled to Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, October - December 1984.

Tubingen, Kunsthalle, Picasso: Pastelle, Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, April - June 1986, no. 161, p. 280 (illustrated n.p.; titled ‘Minotaurus in einem Boot mit Frauen’ and with incorrect medium); this exhibition later travelled to Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, June - July 1986.

New York, Jan Krugier Gallery, Picasso: "Petits Formats": Works from the Marina Picasso Collection, May - June 1989, no. 46, n.p..

Tokyo, Seibu Art Forum, Pablo Picasso, Collection Marina Picasso, November - December 1990, no. 46 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Ohtsu, Seibu Hall, December 1990 - January 1991.

Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, Picasso the Draughtsman: 103 Works from the Marina Picasso Collection, September - November 1993, no. 68, n.p. (titled ‘Minotaur and Women in a Boat’).

Literature

C. Zervos, ed., 'Dessins de Pablo Picasso, 1892-1948', in Cahiers d'Art, Paris, 1949, no. 130, n.p. (illustrated pl. 96; with incorrect dimensions).

C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 9, Oeuvres de 1937 à 1939, Paris, 1958, no. 96, n.p. (illustrated pl. 43).

L. Gasman, Mystery, Magic and Love in Picasso, 1925-1938: Picasso and the Surrealist Poets, Ann Arbor, 1981, no. 479, pp. 1506, 1527-1529 & xxvi (illustrated p. 1918; titled 'Minotaur and Expiring Woman Supported by a Winged-Headed Figure' and with incorrect medium).

P. Daix, Picasso: Life and Art, New York, 1987, pp. 248 & 425.

L. Ullmann, Picasso und der Krieg, Bonn, 1993, no. 92, p. 77 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).

B. Léal, C. Piot & M.-L. Bernadac, The Ultimate Picasso, New York, 2003, no. 769, pp. 313-314 & 527 (illustrated p. 314; titled 'Minotaur in a boat' and with incorrect medium).

J. Palau i Fabre, Picasso: From the Minotaur to Guernica (1927-1939), Barcelona, 2011, no. 885, pp. 286 & 443 (illustrated p. 286; with incorrect medium).

Description

dated '19-2-37-' (on the reverse)

pastel and pencil on board

9 1/8 x 8 in. (23.2 x 20.5 cm.)

Executed in Paris on 19 February 1937