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Faun Uncovering a Sleeping Woman (Jupiter and Antiope, after Rembrandt), from the Vollard Suite

A black print on ivory paper shows a large nude fawn kneeling as he lifts the bed covers from a nude sleeping woman on a bed on the right. Her figure is presented in a much less detailed fashion, mostly an outlined form, while the rest of the scene, the fawn and the room's interior, are rendered with greater detail.
© 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • A black print on ivory paper shows a large nude fawn kneeling as he lifts the bed covers from a nude sleeping woman on a bed on the right. Her figure is presented in a much less detailed fashion, mostly an outlined form, while the rest of the scene, the fawn and the room's interior, are rendered with greater detail.

Date:

June 12, 1936, printed and published 1939

Artist:

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
printed by Roger Lacourière (French, 1892-1966)
published by Ambroise Vollard (French, 1867-1939)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Pablo Picasso

Title

Faun Uncovering a Sleeping Woman (Jupiter and Antiope, after Rembrandt), from the Vollard Suite

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.

1936

Medium

Aquatint and sugar lift etching, with scraping and engraving, on copper in black on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 31.5 × 41 cm (12 7/16 × 16 3/16 in.); Sheet: 34 × 44.5 cm (13 7/16 × 17 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Lesley Ryan Brown and her husband Alan J. Brown in commemoration of her citizenship, May 21, 1986

Reference Number

1986.855

Copyright

© 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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