Marie-Thérèse rêvant de métamorphoses (Minotaure, buveur et femmes). 1933.
Etching.
Geiser/Baer 368 IV B d (of B d). Bloch 200. Signed. Dated and inscribed in the plate. From an edition of 260 copies on this type of paper. On Montval laid paper (with the watermark "Vollard"). 29.6 x 36.6 cm (11.6 x 14.4 in). Sheet: 33,7 x 44,5 cm (13,2 x 17,5 in).
Sheet 92 from teh series "Suite Vollard". Printed by Roger Lacourière, Paris 1939. Published by Edition Vollard. The catalog raisonneé of Geiser/Baer mentions the full title: Marie-Thérèse rêvant de metamorphoses: Elle même et le sculpteur buvant avec un jeune acteur grec jouant le rôle du minotaure. [AR].
• From the "Suite Vollard", one of the 20th century's most important cycle of prints.
• The sculptor's studio with model, sculpture and minotaur is the key motif of the series of 100 sheets.
• The sheets with the drinking sculptor count among the most sought-after and most frequently exhibitied sheets.

PROVENANCE: From the estate of H.-M. Petiet, Paris (lower left with no. 362).
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (verso with the no. 191 19360 / 362).
Private collection Southern Germany.