Pedro Mañach

1901

Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

Shown from the thighs up, a light-skinned man stands facing us in front of a harvest-yellow background in this loosely painted vertical portrait. The man’s body faces us, and he looks out with dark, heavy-lidded eyes under low, angular brows. His skin is pink on his full cheeks and streaked with light green on his forehead. A wide brown moustache droops over a prominent, square chin. His short brown is neatly combed over his head. His collared, long-sleeved white shirt is painted with mostly vertical strokes. A short vivid red tie falls about halfway down his chest, and he wears dark pants. His right arm, to our left, is planted on that hip, and his other arm hangs by his side. The man’s features and his clothing are outlined with teal green. The name “PETRVS MANACH” is painted in forest-green letters in the upper left corner of the rich yellow background. The artist also signed the work in the lower right corner, “Picasso.”
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On View

East Building Mezzanine, Gallery 217-C

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 105.5 x 70.2 cm (41 9/16 x 27 5/8 in.)
    framed: 134.6 x 98.7 x 10.2 cm (53 x 38 7/8 x 4 in.)
    gross weight: 16.329 kg (36 lb.)

  • Accession

    1963.10.53

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The sitter [killed during the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939]; passed at his death to his widow Señora Mañach, Barcelona. (Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York), by 6 June 1952;[1] sold 24 April 1954 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1] Letter of 6 June 1952 from Pierre Matisse to R. Sturgis Ingersoll, in NGA curatorial files, refers to "The painting [Pedro Mañach]...which I have discovered and brought to light very recently."

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1901

  • Exposition De Tableaux De F. Iturrino et de P.-R. Picasso, Galerie Vollard, Paris, 1901, no. 3.

1953

  • French Painting, David to Cézanne, Norton Gallery, West Palm Beach, 1953.

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

1978

  • Aspects of Twentieth-Century Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978-1979, no. 1, repro.

1997

  • Picasso: The Early Years, 1892-1906, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1997-1998, no. 59, color repro., as Portrait of Pere Mañach (shown only in Washington).

2010

  • From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, January 2010-January 2012, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1932

  • Zervos, Christian. Pablo Picasso. 33 vols. Paris, 1932-1978: 6(1954): no. 1459, pl. 174.

1965

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 68, repro.

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 101.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 89, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 264, repro.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 602, no. 937, color repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 305, repro.

Inscriptions

upper left: -PETRVS MANACH-; lower right: Picasso

Wikidata ID

Q20190798

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