The Frog (Les Grenouilles)

1936

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

This is a drawing of three frogs on a pond. The artwork features three frogs interacting with their environment. The frogs are on or around lily pads, with one frog poised to leap. The scene is set on a pond with plant life like lily pads and a budding water lily flower. Monochromatic tones are used, emphasizing the textures on the frogs and the water's surface.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lift-ground aquatint and etching with scraping and burnishing on Japanese vellum (torinoko)

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Donald Stone

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.67 × 20.96 cm (10 1/2 × 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.40.74

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer 1990 - 1992,no. 604, State ii/ii (B/C?)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Donald Stone, New York [1942 - 2020]

Associated Names

Bibliography

1990

  • Geiser, Bernhard and Brigette Baer. Picasso peintre-graveur. 2 vols. Berne: no. 604, ii/ii (B/C?)

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