Variation on Delacroix's "Women of Algiers": IX
1955
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sugar-lift aquatint, drypoint, engraving, and scraping in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 27.7 x 34.7 cm (10 7/8 x 13 11/16 in.) sheet: 33.3 x 43.5 cm (13 1/8 x 17 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Print Purchase Fund
Accession Number
1997.68.4
Art Historical Context
In 1955, Pablo Picasso created *Variation on Delacroix'sWomen of Algiers":* as part of a celebrated series of 15 prints reinterpreting Eugène Delacroix's iconic 1834 painting of harem women in Algiers. Picasso, a towering figure of 20th-century modernism and co-founder of Cubism, homage to this Romantic masterpiece during his late career, infusing it with his signature fragmented forms, bold lines, and dynamic energy. This ninth variation captures the exotic allure and sensuous poses of Delacroix's odalisques while transforming them through Picasso's inventive gaze, bridging 19th-century Orien...
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...