Picasso etchings at the British Museum – in pictures
The British museum acquired the Picasso prints thanks to the generosity of Hamish Parker, a City financierPhotograph: Olivia Harris/ReutersBlind minotaur led by a little girl in the night; plate 97 in the Vollard Suite. 31 December 1934. Acquatint with scraper to resemble mezzotint, drypoint and engravingPhotograph: British Museum/PAYoung sculptor at work; plate 46 of the Vollard Suite. 23 March 1933. EtchingPhotograph: British Museum/PA
Sculptor working from life with model posing; plate 59 of the Vollard Suite. 31 March 1933Photograph: The British MuseumAn employee at the British Museum with Portrait of Vollard II; plate 98 of the Vollard Suite. 4 March 1937. AquatintPhotograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty ImagesFaun uncovering a sleeping woman; plate 27 of the Vollard Suite. 12 June 1936. Etching and acquatintPhotograph: British Museum/PAMinotaur with a goblet in his hand and a young woman; plate 83 of the Vollard Suite. 18 May 1933. EtchingPhotograph: British Museum/PAMinotaur caressing a sleeping woman; plate 93 of the Vollard Suite. 18 June 1933, plate probably reworked late 1934. DrypointPhotograph: Ray Tang/Rex Features
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