Venus and Cupid, after Cranach (Vénus et l'amour d'après Cranach)
Pablo Picasso|Galerie Louise Leiris|Fernand Mourlot
1949 · Lithograph; second variation of three, second state of two · Drawings and Prints
Picasso focused extensively on lithography between 1946 and 1949 in the workshop of Fernand Mourlot, whose expertise and efficiency in his craft contributed to the artist's energetic pursuit of the medium. His attraction to lithography's painterly aspect and its unique potential to explore the subtleties of black is exemplified in this composition made after Lucas Cranach's painting of the same subject (ca. 1530, Staatliche Museen, Berlin).
- Artist
- Pablo Picasso|Galerie Louise Leiris|Fernand Mourlot
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- Lithograph; second variation of three, second state of two
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
