Marie-Thérèse, the Sculptor at Work, and a Sculpture Representing a Greek Athlete (Marie-Thérèse, sculpteur au travail et sculpture représentant un athlète grec
1933
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etching in black on Montval laid paper [printed in 1939 by Roger Lacourière]
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1950.16.136
Art Historical Context
In 1933, Pablo Picasso created *Marie-Thérèse, the Sculptor at Work, a Sculpture Representing a Greek Athlete*, an intimate etching from his monumental Vollard. This black-ink on Montval laid paper captures Picasso's lover and muse, Marie-Thér Walter, dynamically sculpting a classical Greek athlete. Printed in 1939 by the renowned master printer Roger Lacourière, it exemplifies Picasso's neoclassical phase, blending surreal distortion with antique ideals amid his growing fascination with sculpture. Marie-Thérèse, a young artist herself, profoundly influenced Picasso from the late 1920s, inspi...
About the Artist
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), born Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso in Málaga, Spain, was the son of José Ruiz Blasco, a painter and art professor who served as his first teacher. From age seven, Picasso trained under his father in figure drawing and oil painting, mastering naturalistic techniques by copying mas...