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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
The Bull, state VIII
Alternate Title:
Le Taureau
Image View:
Overall view, state VIII
Creator:
Pablo Picasso (Spanish printmaker, 1881-1973)
Location:
repository: Musée Picasso [Paris] (Paris, Île-de-France, France) MP3339
Location Note:
From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
Date:
January 2, 1946 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
lithograph
Classification:
Prints
Material:
printer's ink on paper; stone prepared with pen, wash and scratching into the stone
Technique:
lithography
Measurements:
32.6 cm (height) x 44.3 cm (width)
Subjects:
abstraction; animal; cycles or series; bulls
Description:
The Bull is a series of 11 lithographs created between December 1945 and January of 1946, that famously depict the beast in various stages of abstraction. All pulled from a single stone, it is a one investigation on the true 'spirit' of the animal; in this case 'the spirit' is equal to the form. The suite of lithographs is a master class in how to develop an artwork from the academic to the abstract. This series vividly demonstrates the kind of experimentation with lithography that Picasso undertook at the Mourlot print workshop in Paris after World War II. This is the eight state of the series, artist's proof, pulled by Mourlot. (Source: MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) [website]; http://www.moma.org/ )
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-PICASSO-FAFFM-TB 46-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

The Bull, state VIII