Erotic Compositions of the 1950's and 1960's

The 1934 Drawing and its Correspondences in Picasso's Oeuvre

Erotic Compositions of the 1950's and 1960's

Many of Picasso's erotic compositions of the 1950's and 1960's depict a female openly displaying her anus and vulva, in some these, the genital details are often inverted with the anus appearing above the vulva.

In the 1934 drawing there is a similar inverted vagina and anus configuration which has been concealed around other elements of the composition. The vulva can be seen as the flame in front of the right hand figure, and the anus as the black circular form direct above vulva.

This black circular form also represents the eye of the bull to the right and the bloody end of the painter's severed arm.

© 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

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