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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Pablo Picasso, Profil sculptural de Marie-Thérèse, 1933

Pablo Picasso Spanish, 1881-1973

Profil sculptural de Marie-Thérèse, 1933
Etching and dry-point on Montval paper, "Picasso" filigree
31,8 x 22.8 cm (image)
45 x 34 cm (sheet)
Edition of 55, printed by Lacourière, Paris, in 1942. This edition was printed on the same paper as was used for the Vollard Suite.
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Picasso created several busts and heads of Marie-Thérèse Walter in the early 1930s in his studio at Boisegeloup. He was experimenting with exaggeration and abstraction of the human form at this time, and often fused her nose with her forehead in a prominent protrusion that dominates the face, both in painting and sculpture of this period. Over the years, many art historians have interpreted it as a phallic form that represents Picasso's lust for his young lover. Deborah Wye, Senior Curator at the Museum of Modern Art, has also noted that it resembles the facial features of many of the African fertility masks that were in Picasso's collection installed at Boisgeloup. Many of his prints from this period, including several plates from the Suite Vollard, show a sculptor in the studio, contemplating his work. Other prints re-imagine Picasso's own sculptures in two-dimensional form, as in this example. In such works, he enjoyed playing with the three-dimensional effects that can be achieved using only line, both contour. Elegant line drawings like this example may have been inspired by Picasso's friendly rivalry with Matisse, who was a master of contour line. Picasso held Matisse in high regard, and often visited his friend's studio incorporating innovations he found there into his own work. Their competitive friendship and mutual regard was explored in depth in the 2002 exhibition Matisse/Picasso at the Museum of Modern Art.
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Picasso créa plusieurs bustes et têtes de Marie-Thérèse Walter au début des années 1930 dans son atelier de Boisegeloup. À cette époque, il expérimente l'exagération et l'abstraction de la forme humaine et fusionne souvent le nez et le front de la jeune femme en une protubérance proéminente qui domine le visage, tant dans la peinture que dans la sculpture de cette période. Au fil des ans, de nombreux historiens de l'art l'ont interprétée comme une forme phallique représentant le désir de Picasso pour sa jeune amante. Deborah Wye, conservateur principal au Musée d'art moderne, a également noté qu'il ressemble aux caractéristiques faciales de nombreux masques de fertilité africains qui faisaient partie de la collection de Picasso installée à Boisgeloup.

De nombreuses estampes de cette période, dont plusieurs planches de la Suite Vollard, montrent un sculpteur dans son atelier, contemplant son travail. D'autres gravures réimaginent les propres sculptures de Picasso sous une forme bidimensionnelle, comme dans cet exemple. Dans ces œuvres, il aimait jouer avec les effets tridimensionnels que l'on peut obtenir en utilisant uniquement la ligne, en particulier par le simple contour. 

Les élégants dessins au trait comme celui-ci ont peut-être été inspirés par la rivalité amicale entre Picasso et Matisse, qui était un maître de la ligne de contour. Picasso tenait Matisse en haute estime et se rendait souvent dans l'atelier de son ami pour incorporer les innovations qu'il y trouvait dans son propre travail. Leur amitié compétitive et leur estime mutuelle ont été explorées en profondeur dans l'exposition Matisse/ Picasso au Musée d'art moderne en 2002.

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Provenance

Roger Lacourière, Paris

Bouquinerie de l’Institut,Paris

John Szoke Gallery, New-York

Private collection, Paris.

Literature

Georges Bloch, Pablo Picasso, Catalogue de l’oeuvre gravé et lithographié 1904-1967, Berne, Editions Kornfeld et Klipstein, 1968, n°255.

Brigitte Baer, Picasso Peintre-Graveur. Tome II, Editions Kornfeld, 1989, n°294.

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