About This Artwork

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
written by Ovid (Italian, 43 B.C.-17 A.D.)
printed by Louis Fort (French, 19th-20th centuries)
published by Albert Skira (Swiss, 1904-1973)

Cephalus Kills His Wife Procris Inadvertantly, from Les Métamorphoses, September 18, 1930, published 1931

Etching on ivory Japanese paper
275 x 193 mm (image); 310 x 222 mm (plate); 325 x 255 mm (sheet)
Given in memory of A. Peter Dewey, 1946.65.14

Baer & Geiser 156 only state, b; Bloch 112; Geiser 156 only state, b

© Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York