Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Embrace

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title: 
Embrace
Alternate Title: 
Etreinte
Image View: 
Detail of legs and genitals
Creator: 
Pablo Picasso (Spanish painter, 1881-1973)
Location: 
repository: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montréal, Québec, Canada) 1985.5
Location Note: 
From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition); Gift of Jacqueline Picasso
GPS: 
+45.4987-73.5801
Date: 
1971 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
French
Style Period: 
Twentieth century
Work Type 1: 
painting (visual work)
Classification: 
Paintings
Material: 
oil paint on canvas
Technique: 
oil painting (technique)
Measurements: 
195 cm (height) x 130 cm (width)
Subjects: 
abstraction; contemporary (1960 to present); couples; nudes in art
Description: 
The erotic art of the twentieth century’s most famous painter is copious. Scenes of bodies entwined in love recur continually in the work of this artist who never abandoned the power of figuration. When Pablo Picasso executed this painting, he was ninety years old. (Source: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; http://www.mmfa.qc.ca/)
Collection: 
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier: 
7A1-PICASSO-FAFFM-EM-A03
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.