Artist Picasso, Pablo
     nationality Spanish
     birth-death 1881-1973
Creation date 1933
Materials etching
Dimensions 13 3/4 x 17 1/2 in. (sheet)
Credit line Springer Fund
Accession number 61.63
Copyright © Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Picasso's Minotaur, the half-man half-bull of Greek mythology, is a raw being and master of his confining, dark labyrinth.  Once lured into the light of the civilized world, he becomes disoriented and is slain.

Within the Vollard Suite, Picasso explored the Minotaur theme in eleven etchings, all created in thirty-two days in the spring of 1933.

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