The Frugal Repast (Le repas frugal)

1904, published 1913

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

Ambroise Vollard

Publisher, French, 1866 - 1939

Louis Fort

Printer, French, active first half 20th century

Two people are positioned closely together from the waist up. The person on the left wears a round brimmed hat and is facing sideways, while the person on the right faces forward with a solemn expression and short curly hair. They both wear plain, loose-fitting shirts. The person on the left has their arm over the shoulders of the person on the right. Both have elongated fingers. On the table in front of them are a bottle, an empty plate, a glass, and a small piece of bread. The background is a simple, textured wall.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    The John U. and Evelyn S. Nef Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 65.7 x 50.7 cm (25 7/8 x 19 15/16 in.)
    plate: 46.2 x 37.8 cm (18 3/16 x 14 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.60.50

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 2, State ii/ii (b2)

  • Copyright

    © 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Evelyn Nef, Washington, D.C.; bequest to NGA, 2010.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1968

  • Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso; catalogue de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie 1904-1967. Bern: Kornfeld und Klipstein, 1968, no. 1.

1990

  • Geiser, Bernhard and Brigette Baer. Picasso peintre-graveur. 2 vols. Berne: Éditions Kornfeld, 1990 (vol. 1) and 1992 (vol. 2), no. 2. See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2.

Inscriptions

by later hand, verso, lower left corner in black ink: Elaine Castle [?] Nef; by later hand, verso, lower edge in graphite: 2728

Watermarks

VAN GELDER ZONEN

Wikidata ID

Q75423590

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