Dimensions: unconfirmed: 370 x 500 mm
Copyright: © Succession Picasso/DACS 2014 | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: So, this is Picasso's "Etching: 1, 5 March 1972." It's a chaotic dance of lines, but almost feels playful, wouldn't you agree? What story do you think he's trying to tell here? Curator: Playful, yes! It's Picasso in his twilight years, looking back, perhaps. The figures overlap, intermingle. Do you see the way he simplifies form? He's not just depicting bodies; he's sketching memories. Editor: Memories, that’s interesting. It's like he's deconstructing love itself. Curator: Exactly! It's less about literal representation and more about the essence of experience, the raw emotion. What lingers after all the details fade? That’s what Picasso’s chasing. Editor: That makes so much sense! It’s like a visual poem. Curator: Precisely, a poem etched in the language only Picasso could speak.
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This etching, dating from March 1972, is almost the last in the group of 156 prints known as the '156 Series'. It does not contain as much of the overt erotic imagery which characterises the series as a whole, although the naked female figure on the right of the composition has all the sexual exuberance of earlier images. In later life Picasso mastered a variety of print-making techniques which he employed with remarkable directness and vigour. The '156 Series', in which he frequently combined a number of different techniques in one image, constitutes a virtuoso performance in this medium. Gallery label, August 2004
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