The Rescue I

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

Not on view

Three etchings in the bathers series depict the rescue of a drowning swimmer, two of which are on view here. Picasso's mistress at that time, Marie-Thérèse Walter, appears repeatedly - and in multiple roles - in all three compositions: she is the victim, the rescuer, and the onlooker.

The Rescue I, Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France), Etching

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The Rescue I, Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France), Etching
The Rescue I, Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France), Etching

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