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Plate 222, from 347 gravures

A work made of aquatint and scraper, with drypoint in black on white wove paper.

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  • A work made of aquatint and scraper, with drypoint in black on white wove paper.

Date:

July 27, 1968; printed and published 1969

Artist:

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
printed and published by Edition Galerie Louise Leiris

About this artwork

Late in his career, Picasso created this atmospheric mezzotint and aquatint, one of only two in that reductive medium for his expansive 347 gravures of erotic, romantic prints. Picasso depicted himself in these prints as an adventurer, a lover, a voyeur, and here, as an artist. The female figures may both be his models, or—considering the brazenly confident stare of the one seated to the right—his seductresses. The haze of burnishing makes their true motivations unclear.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Pablo Picasso

Title

Plate 222, from 347 gravures

Place

Spain (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1968

Medium

Aquatint and scraper, with drypoint in black on white wove paper

Dimensions

31.6 × 39.4 cm (12 1/2 × 15 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Lyman family in memory of Mollie Michala Lyman

Reference Number

2015.1

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