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)

Fragment of a Female Body, from Les Métamorphoses, 1931

Etching on ivory Japanese paper
211 x 190 mm (image); 327 x 254 mm (sheet, no plate mark)
Given in memory of A. Peter Dewey, 1946.65.27

Baer & Geiser 169 only state, b; Bloch 125; Geiser 169 only state, b

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