Maternal Joy

Pablo Picasso Spanish
 Printed by Jacques Frélaut French
 Published by Galerie Louise Leiris

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The birth of Picasso's first son, Paulo, in February 1921 inspired this tender etching of a mother and child. Their rotund bodies are typical of his monumental heads and nudes of this period. The pose of the playful child is very close to Poussin's depiction of Cupid wrestling a baby satyr in his painting Venus and Mercury (ca. 1627-29, Dulwich Picture Gallery), which Picasso likely knew from a reproduction.

Maternal Joy, Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France), Etching

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Maternal Joy, Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France), Etching
Maternal Joy, Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France), Etching

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