The British Museum is celebrating after it acquired a complete set of Pablo Picasso's Vollard Suite of etchings, including "Blind Minotaur led by a little girl in the night."
British Museum acquires Picasso etchings —
The British Museum is celebrating after it acquired a complete set of Pablo Picasso's Vollard Suite of etchings, including "Blind Minotaur led by a little girl in the night."
The collection is made up of 100 etchings, such as this one, entitled "Rembrandt and Two Women" commissioned by art collector Ambroise Vollard, and created by Picasso between 1930 and 1937.
Picasso Rembrandt and Two Women —
The collection is made up of 100 etchings, such as this one, entitled "Rembrandt and Two Women" commissioned by art collector Ambroise Vollard, and created by Picasso between 1930 and 1937.
The museum was able to acquire a complete set of the Vollard Suite etchings thanks to a donation from the Hamish Parker Charitable Trust, in memory of the donor's father, Major Horace Parker.
British Museum acquires Picasso etchings —
The museum was able to acquire a complete set of the Vollard Suite etchings thanks to a donation from the Hamish Parker Charitable Trust, in memory of the donor's father, Major Horace Parker.
The pictures will go on display at the British Museum in London from May 3 to September 2, 2012 -- the first time a complete suite of the etchings have been shown in Britain in 50 years.
British Museum acquires Picasso etchings —
The pictures will go on display at the British Museum in London from May 3 to September 2, 2012 -- the first time a complete suite of the etchings have been shown in Britain in 50 years.