Bulls and Bullfighters (Toros y Toreros)

Artist Pablo Picasso (Spanish (active France), 1881-1973)

Author Georges Boudaille (born 1925)

Date1961

DimensionsBox: H: 15 11/16 in. (398 mm); W: 11 7/16 in. (290 mm); Depth: 2 in. (51 mm).
Book: H: 15 1/16 in. (382 mm); W: 10 7/8 in. (277 mm); Depth: 1 1/8 in. (29 mm).
Page: H: 14 1/2 in. (368 mm); W: 10 5/8 in. (270 mm).
Sheet (folded and partially trimmed): H: 14 1/2 in. (368 mm); W: 21 1/8 in. (537 mm).

MediumOriginal print: transfer lithograph on Arches cream wove paper. Reproductions: 138 photolithographs in black and in colors of drawings (pencil, ink, crayon, brush, or wash) on Arches cream wove paper (incl. front pastedown and flyleaf, rear flyleaf, title page, and covers); plus 22 line cut reproductions of brush or ink drawings in black (in texte); plus a separate suit of 16 photolithographs of crayon and wash drawings in colors. Text: letterpress in black with Sepia (lithograph sheet) (typeface: Bodoni).

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss in honor of Barbara K. Sutherland

Object number

1984.932

Not on View

Label TextDominguin was a bullfighter whom Picasso had known since the 1950s. Picasso often went to Sunday bullfights in Nîmes, Arles, and Vallauris to watch Dominguin. Dominguin's text reflects on the motivations impelling him to enter the ring, his friendship with Picasso, the artist's nostalgic feelings towards Spain - and Spain's nostalgia for Picasso. There is also an essay by Georges Boudaille which discusses Picasso's drawings (those reproduced in the book) on the theme of bullfighting. Picasso designed the cover and title page for this book, and made the lithograph which accompanied the deluxe edition.Published Referencescf. Goeppert, Sebastian, et al., Pablo Picasso: The Illustrated Books, Catalogue raisonné, Geneva, 1983, no. 112, repr.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Picasso as an Illustrator, Jan. 23-May 29, 1988, no. 54

Toledo Museum of Art, Splendid Pages: The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books, Feb. 14--May 11, 2003