Nestor's Stories About the Trojan War, from Les Métamorphoses

Prints and Drawings

September 21, 1930, published 1931

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)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Nestor's Stories About the Trojan War, from Les Métamorphoses
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.: 1930
Medium: Etching on copper in black on ivory, wove (imitation Japanese) paper
Dimensions: Image: 26.7 × 17.2 cm (10 9/16 × 6 13/16 in.); Plate: 31 × 22.2 cm (12 1/4 × 8 3/4 in.); Sheet: 32.4 × 25.2 cm (12 13/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line: Given in memory of A. Peter Dewey
Reference Number: 1946.65.24
Copyright: © 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Bloch 122

Geiser 166 only state, b

Baer & Geiser 166 only state, b

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