Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Lot 116A DIALOGUE THROUGH ART: WORKS FROM THE JAN KRUGIER COLLECTION

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Le Rapt

Fermé5 November 2013

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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Le Rapt
pencil on joined paper
8 7/8 x 10 1/8 in. (22.5 x 25.7 cm.) (irregular)
drawn in 1920

Estate of the artist.
Marina Picasso (by descent from the above).
Jan Krugier, acquired from the above.

Note du spécialiste

The present drawing is a study for the painting of the same name in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York (fig. 1), likely influenced by Rubens' celebrated mythological work, The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus (fig. 2).


(fig. 1) Pablo Picasso, Le Rapt, 1920. The Musuem of Modern Art, The Philip L. Goodwin Collection, New York. 29668373_FIG

(fig. 2) Peter Paul Rubens, The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus, 1618. Alte Pinakothek, Munich.