La Danse des Faunes (Dance of the Fauns)
Pablo Picasso, La Danse des Faunes (Dance of the Fauns), 1957, lithograph on paper, Gift of John Henry Rock, © artist or other rights holder, 90.40.16
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- Title
La Danse des Faunes (Dance of the Fauns)
- Related Titles
original language: La Danse des Faunes
translated: Dance of the Fauns
- Artist
- Date
1957
- Medium
lithograph on paper
- Edition
200 numbered and signed proofs on Arches paper. 1,000 proofs on wove paper, singed on the zinc, outside the composition, in the lower right part. For these proofs a light ochre background was printed under the composition.This impression from the edition of 1000
- Catalogue Raisonné
Bloch 830; Mourlot 291
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 16 1/8 in x 20 3/4 in; sheet: 19 in x 25 3/8 in
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
planographic print
- Culture
Spanish
- Credit Line
Gift of John Henry Rock
- Accession Number
90.40.16
- Copyright
© artist or other rights holder
- Terms
Fauns, satyrs, and centaurs populate Picasso’s vast graphic oeuvre. As with the Minotaur, these mythological beasts often substituted as self-portraits of the artist and refer to themes of love and lust.
- Exhibitions
2012 Mythologia: Gods, Heroes, and Monsters Portland Art Museum
