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)

Hercules Kills the Centaur Nessus, from Les Métamorphoses, September 20, 1930, published 1931

Etching on ivory Japanese paper
279 x 189 mm (image); 312 x 223 mm (plate); 330 x 257 mm (sheet)
Given in memory of A. Peter Dewey, 1946.65.18

Baer & Geiser 160 II/II, b; Bloch 116; Geiser 160 II/II, b

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