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View source →Pablo Picasso, 1931
Medium
Book (unbound) and 30 etchings with pen and brown ink on paper
Dimensions
Book: 13 in. × 10 1/2 in. × 2 1/2 in. (33 × 26.7 × 6.4 cm) Book case: 13 3/4 in. × 11 in. × 3 1/2 in. (34.9 × 27.9 × 8.9 cm) Suite of 30 etchings (each): 12 3/4 × 10 1/4 in. (32.4 × 26 cm)
Style
Surrealist-influenced modernism
Decade
1930s
The official Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY record identifies Illustrated book, ¦Metamorphoses¦ by Ovid, with additional suite of 30 etchings with remarques as a Pablo Picasso book, dated 1931, in Book (unbound) and 30 etchings with pen and brown ink on paper. This catalog entry follows the holding institution’s title, material, date, dimensions, and object link rather than inferring undocumented subject matter or artist intent.
Illustrated book, ¦Metamorphoses¦ by Ovid, with additional suite of 30 etchings with remarques is grouped here under Surrealist Period for gallery navigation based on the date published by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. This period label is interpretive context, not a replacement for the cited primary object record. The institutional credit line is: Purchase, Anne Cox Chambers Gift, 2003.
2026 Estimated Value
Public collection / market value not asserted
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Last Known Sale
No public auction record — held in permanent museum collection
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