Les Métamorphoses: Céphale tue par mégarde sa femme Procris (Cephalus Accidentally Kills his Wife Procris)
Pablo Picasso
(Spanish (worked in France), 1881–1973)
Ovid
(43 B.C.–17 or 18 A.D.)
Albert Skira
(Swiss, 1904–1973)
Louis Fort
(French, 20th century)
Léon Pichon
(French, 20th century)
1931
Place of PublicationLausanne, Switzerland
Medium/TechniqueEtching (inserted between pp. 70 and 71) from the illustrated book with 30 etchings
DimensionsOverall (without portfolio): 33 x 26.5 x 6 cm (13 x 10 7/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number63.753.15
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Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
Collections
Lausanne: Albert Skira, 1931
ProvenanceBy 1955, William Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; 1963, bequest of Allen to the MFA. (Accession date: June 19, 1963)Copyright© 2011 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
