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Fine art The artwork in the image is a famous drypoint etching titled La Danse Barbare (devant Salomé et Hérode) (The Barbaric Dance Before Salomé and Hérode), created by Pablo Picasso in 1905.
Key Details:
• Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973)
• Series: It belongs to his landmark early print cycle, La Suite des Saltimbanques (The Saltimbanques Suite).
• Medium: Drypoint print on paper.
• History: Though etched by Picasso in 1905, the plate was later printed by Louis Fort and published by the notable art dealer Ambroise Vollard in Paris in 1913 as part of an edition of 250 copies.
• Subject: This print is a satirical, humorous caricature depicting the biblical story of Salomé dancing dynamically in the nude before King Herod and Queen Herodias.
An original impression of this work can be found in major museum collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. |
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