Picasso
Salomé
- Medium:
- Dry Point
- Year:
- 1905
- Size:
- 15 3/4" x 13 3/4"
- Edition:
- Ed. 250
Bloch 14
Signed and Numbered Limited Edition
Signed in the plate Salome’ depicts the story as told in Mark 6:14–29 Salome dances for Herod while the head of John the Baptist is presented on a plate. Salome is provocative, suggesting her position as a seductive temptress; the darkness and unbridled sexuality of the female spirit.
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Salomé, from La suite des saltimbanques -The acrobats set