Polyxena, Priam's Daughter, is Sacrificed on Achilles's Tomb, from Les Métamorphoses

Prints and Drawings

September 23, 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: Polyxena, Priam's Daughter, is Sacrificed on Achilles's Tomb, from Les Métamorphoses
Place: Spain (Artist's nationality)
Date: 1930
Medium: Etching on copper in black on ivory, wove (imitation Japanese) paper
Dimensions: Image: 28 × 17.4 cm (11 1/16 × 6 7/8 in.); Plate: 31.1 × 22.2 cm (12 1/4 × 8 3/4 in.); Sheet: 33 × 25.7 cm (13 × 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Given in memory of A. Peter Dewey
Reference Number: 1946.65.26
Copyright: © 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Bloch 124

Geiser 168 only state, b

Baer & Geiser 168 only state, b

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