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Fine art This artwork is Le Repos du Sculpteur IV (The Sculptor at Rest IV), an original etching created by Pablo Picasso on April 4, 1933.Key Details of the Artwork Series: It is plate 65 of the renowned Vollard Suite (Suite Vollard), a series of 100 etchings commissioned by the legendary art dealer Ambroise Vollard.Theme: This piece belongs to the "Sculptor's Studio" (L'Atelier du Sculpteur) theme, which makes up 46 plates of the entire suite. It captures a classicizing theme of a bearded sculptor reclining alongside his nude model as they peacefully contemplate a classical sculpted head positioned on a pedestal.The Muse: The female figure and the sculpture are widely recognized by art historians to be inspired by Marie-Thérèse Walter, Picasso’s young lover, muse, and a constant theme in his 1930s output.Style: It is executed in Picasso’s elegant Neo-Classical style, defined by clean, sparse, and fluid line work without heavy shading or cross-hatching.Inscriptions: The plate features a mirror-inverted inscription by Picasso in the upper left corner reading "Paris 4 Avril XXXIII". The original print sheet is hand-signed by Picasso in pencil in the lower right margin.Paper & Edition: The total edition consisted of 260 impressions printed on Montval laid paper featuring either a "Picasso" or "Vollard" watermark, plus an additional 50 wide-margin impressions. The prints were formally pulled by master printer Roger Lacourière and published in Paris in 1939. |
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