Related Picassos - Minotauromachy, 1936

	Minotauromachy, 1936
If you've found this site useful, we'd really appreciate a small donation to help with the hosting costs. Thanks!	The 1934 Drawing and its Correspondences in Picasso's Oeuvre Minotauromachy, 1936 "Minotauromachy", which is often cited as the most important print of the twentieth century, also bears many similarities to the 1934 drawing. There is again a similar tripartite structure to both compositions and the principal protagonists are almost identical. The flower girl holding a candle, the Minotaur advancing from the right, and the enjoined figures of the wounded horse and Marie-Thérèse in a bullfighter's costume, are all very closely related to those in the drawing. The bullfighter's costume is a recurrence of the costume worn by the figure on the right in the drawing, and its wearer, Marie-Thérèse, appears on the left of the drawing, cryptically personified as the wounded horse in the bullfight. There are also similarities between the Minotaur with the concealed bull on the far right of the drawing, and there are further similarities between the horses which occupy the central positions in each of the two compositions. Furthermore, the Christ-like figure climbing the ladder in "Minotauromachy" relates closely to the crucified figure on a ladder in the drawing, in each case the figure is identifiable as Picasso, in a Christ-like alter ego. The flower girl's burning candle recurs as the flame-like motif in front of the right hand figure in the drawing, who is further identifiable with the flower girl because of the bunch of flowers concealed behind her back. In addition the sinking sailing boat on the sea's horizon in the print relates to the hidden marine motifs in the drawing and the two birds perched on the window ledge relate with the drawing's two concealed owls. Furthermore, the building on the left which is closely related to the burning building in "Guernica", is reminiscent of a puppeteer's theatre, which in turn relates to the puppetry allusions in the drawing. As can be seen from this long list of similarities, the drawing's relationship with "Minotauromachy" is a very close one indeed. © Mark Harris 1996, 1997 Related Picassos The Burial of Casagemas (Evocation), 1901 The Embrace, 1901 La Vie, 1903 Phallus and Nude, 1903 The Mackerel, 1903 Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon, 1907 Curtain Design for Parade, 1917 Pantomime Horse Studies for Parade, 1917 - Related Puppetry Imagery Costume Studies for Pulchinella, 1920 The Three Dancers, 1925 The Three Dancers in depth La Statuaire, 1925 The Studio, 1925 Crucifixion, 1930 Crucifixion Studies of the 1930's The Vollard Suite Classical Prints of the 1920's and 1930's The Dream, 1932 Le Meurtre, 1934 and The Death of Marat, 1934 Minotaur with Javelin, 1934 Minotauromachy, 1936 Picasso's illustrations of Paul Eluard's poem, "La Barre d'Appui", 1936 Guernica, 1937 Guernica in depth Picasso's Secret Guernica Night Fishing in Antibes, 1939 Curtain Design for Romain Rolland's Play,"Le 14 Juillet", 1936 Grand air, Les yeux fertiles, 1936 Erotic Compositions of the 1950's and 1960's Peace, 1952 Picasso's Bestiary Next Section: Themes of the 1934 Drawing

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