Halters withraw the tamed bull (Los cabestros retiran al toro manso) - Pablo Picasso - "La Tauromaqu

Pablo Picasso "La Tauromaquia"
May 1957 dimension: 20 x 30 cm

Etching aquatint with sugar, with hand-etching on copper beveled
printed on paper "Velin pour fil de Guarro" (with dual watermark)
single state
origin: • private art collection
Illustration n. IX text: José Delgado (alias Pepe Illo), La Tauromaquia or Arte de torear, Gustavo Gili -
Ediciones La Cometa, Barcelona 1959

The engraving illustrates the moment when some oxen are induced to try and address the bull charges
arena. On the right are two portraits matador facing the animal with the hood (the cloth). on Späti
are depicted viewers: clearly identified those in the foreground, only those mentioned in the background.

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