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Maker(s):Picasso, Pablo; Fort, Louis (printed by)
Culture:Spanish (1881 - 1973)
Title:Mort d'Orphee (Death of Orpheus), from Ovid, The Metamorphosis, Book XI
Date Made:1930
Type:Print
Materials:etching printed in brown-red, remarque printed in black on paper
Place Made:France; Paris
Measurements:sheet: 12 11/16 x 10 in.; 32.2263 x 25.4 cm; plate: 12 1/8 x 8 3/4 in.; 30.7975 x 22.225 cm
Narrative Inscription:  signed in pencil lower right, Picasso
Accession Number:  SC 1994.11.43
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Small Jr. (Susan Spencer, class of 1948)
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
nude man at center, falling backwards over the head of a bull at bottom center; three nude women hovering or crouching over body of man, figure on right kneels next to man, two above hold long thin instruments, like sticks, and look down at the face of the man

Label Text:
This image is an illustration for Book XI (pp. 274-75) published in 1931 by Albert Skira of Ovid's "Les Metamorphoses".

Subjects:
Etching

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