Female Torero, IV
The corrida, or bullfight, played a major role in Picasso's life and work. He appreciated its rich cultural association with Spain and accorded the subject a key place in his personal iconography, particularly in his prints. This image of a limp female bullfighter lying over the back of a disembowled horse is one of five that Picasso made in June 1934. It would be reworked to become the central component of his greatest print, The Minotauromachy of 1935.
Artwork Details
- Title: Female Torero, IV
- Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France)
- Printer: Printed by Jacques Frélaut (French)
- Publisher: Published by Galerie Louise Leiris (Paris) , 1981
- Date: 1934, printed 1961
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: plate: 9 3/8 x 11 3/4 in. (23.8 x 29.8 cm)
sheet: 14 x 20 in. (35.6 x 50.8 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Reiss-Cohen Inc., 1983
- Object Number: 1983.1212.28
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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