Pablo Ruiz Picasso

Suite 347 series

1968

Raphael et la Fornarina V: Avec voyeur écartant le rideau (Raphael and Fornarina V: with Voyeur Pulling Back the Curtain) 

Etching on paper, 41 × 49,5 cm (print), 56,5 × 64,5 cm (paper)

Raphael et la Fornarina VII: Le Pape est là, assis (Rafael and Fornarina VII: The Pope Is there, Seated)

Etching on paper, 29,5 × 51,4 cm (print), 45 × 59 cm (paper)

Raphael et la Fornarina X: Le Pape a fait apporter son fauteuil (Rafael and Fornarina X: the Pope Had His Chair Brought In)

Etching on paper, 14,9 × 20,6 cm (print), 25,9 × 32,5 cm (paper)

Raphael et la Fornarina XII: Dans son fauteuil, le Pape se sent cocu (Rafael and Fornarina XII: in His Chair, the Pope Feels Cuckolded)

Etching on paper, 14,9 × 20,6 cm (print), 24,7 × 32,3 cm (paper) 

Raphael et la Fornarina XVI: Le Pape est toujours sur son pot, songeur (Rafael and Fornarina XVI: the Pope Is Always on His Pot, Pensive)

Etching on paper, 14,9 × 20,6 cm (print), 25,9 × 32,5 cm (paper)

Incident:

2012. Novosibirsk. 

In 1968, at its opening at the Galerie Louise Leiris in Paris, the series was exhibited in a room restricted to adults. In 2012, part of the series was exhibited in Novosibirsk (Russia), restricted to people over 16 years of age. The head of the city’s Orthodox Church requested that the posters advertising the exhibition be removed from public spaces to protect children “from such degeneracy”.

Biography:

Pablo Picasso (Malaga, 1881 - Mougins, 1973) is probably the most important artist of the 20th century. A prolific Cubism painter and creator, his work has been extremely influential across the world. There are museums dedicated to his work in Malaga where he was born, in Barcelona where he trained and in Paris where he lived.