Carmen

1949

Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

Prosper Mérimée

Author, French, 1803 - 1870

Roger Lacourière

Printer, French, 1892 - 1966

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    unbound volume with letterpress text and 38 engravings on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    book: 33.5 × 26.3 × 5.7 cm (13 3/16 × 10 3/8 × 2 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2014.112.19.1-38

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Baer 1986-1996, nos. 797-834

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; bequest of Mrs. Paul Mellon to NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1986

  • Baer, Brigette. Picasso peintre-graveur. 5 vols and Addendum. Berne: Éditions Kornfeld, 1986 (vol. 3); 1988 (vol. 4); 1989 (vol. 5); 1994 (vol. 6); 1996 (vol. 7 and Addendum). See volumes 1 and 2 under Geiser/Baer 1990-1992: nos. 797-834.

Inscriptions

on verso of title (in crayon?): Picasso

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