| Maker(s): | Picasso, Pablo
| | Culture: | Spanish (1881-1973)
| | Title: | La Danse Barbare (Devant Salomé et Hérode) [The Barbarous Dance (In Front of Salomé and Hérode)], from the series La Suite des Saltimbanques [The Acrobats Suite]
| | Date Made: | 1905 plate; 1913 print
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Drypoint, etching
| | Place Made: | Europe; France; Paris
| | Measurements: | Sheet: 13 in x 19 3/4 in; 33 cm x 50.2 cm; Plate/Image: 7 1/2 in x 9 in; 19 cm x 22.9 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | RECTO: lwr. l. ctr. of sheet, written in pencil: Picasso; upp. r. of sheet, written in pencil: #25. Lwr. r. corner of sheet, written in pencil: #25 / 1950 (50 underlined) VERSO: lwr. l. along sheet edge, written in pencil: Picasso TR 11-1962 Dance of Herodias Spanish
| | Accession Number: | MH 1962.11.T.RII
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. M. W. Thompson
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
A group of eight nude figures arranged in a circular composition. In the lower right, a nude woman reclines against a seated nude male wearing a round stylized hat/crown. In the center, just to the left of the reclining woman, a servant, seen from behind but facing right, holds a plate of fruit to the right. In the lower left, a nude male figure stands leaning against the left edge of the image. In the middle distance/background: a nude man on the left holds a smaller nude figure as if holding a violin, a very thin nude woman with a prominent nose dances in the center, and a rotund nude male dances on the right.
Tags:
black and white; adults; dance; dancers; parties; nudes; infants; music; eating; leisure; servants; fruit Link to share this object record:
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