Bullfight

In September 1934, Picasso returned from Spain fresh from the experience of witnessing a real bull fight. The artist portrayed his experience on a much larger canvas, depicting the bull attacking the tumbled horse, watched intently by women in the stands. The painting is executed in the least naturalistic way possible: over exaggerated and in a frenzy, conveying the emotion that Picasso himself felt while witnessing such a heightened, chaotic moment.
SKU: 17574
Creator: Pablo Picasso
Date: 1934
Original Medium: Oil on canvas
Original Size: 19 5/8 x 25 3/4 in.
Location: Phillips Collection
© Succession Picasso 2014