The Lunge (La estocada) - Pablo Picasso - "La Tauromaquia”

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. XX of the text: José Delgado (alias Pepe Illo), La Tauromaquia or Arte de torear, Gustavo Gili -
Ediciones La Cometa, Barcelona 1959

The estocada (stored) is the death of the bull with a lance or "estoque", engraving illustrates precisely the
the time the bullfighter affects the animal with the lance. So death is considered perfect, the Estoque
It must get to the animal's heart. Picasso has been able to make the emotional involvement that determines this
phase of the bullfight in the audience that attends the scene.

More information in the annex