At the Circus with Dancing Odalisque (347 Series, B.1696), 1968

"At the Circus with Dancing Odalisque (B.1696)" is an etching from Pablo Picasso's 347 Series, created in 1968. The image size 6.5 x 8.75", signed 'Picasso' lower right and annotated lower left and framed in a Spanish-style, closed-corner, black and gold frame. From the edition of 68. The artwork ships framed and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.  In printmaking, the 347 Series was the undertaking which defined late Picasso. This prodigious outpouring of work, dating from March 16th–October 5th, 1968, deals with all of his old themes and fantasies, adding an obsession newly central in the late sixties, the artist as voyeur. It is in this role, rather than that of a protagonist, that the artist figures in these fantastic narrations. The series has been described as taking the form of a stream-of-consciousness epic. There is a suggestion of narratives throughout the series; however, there is never a point where a story comes to completion or where suggested desire is real