Jester

1905

Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink on brown paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.2 x 32.9 cm (9 15/16 x 12 15/16 in.)
    support: 32.5 x 40.3 cm (12 13/16 x 15 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1981.98.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Zervos, Vol. XXII, no. 220

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1985

  • Figure Drawings from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985.

1992

  • Picasso 1905-1906, Museu Picasso, Barcelona and Bern, 1992, no. 51.

Bibliography

1932

  • Zervos, Christian. Pablo Picasso. 33 vols. Paris, 1932-1978.

1980

  • Carmean, E.A., Jr. Picasso: The Saltimbanques. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 43, fig.44.

1997

  • Picasso: The Early Years, 1892-1906. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1997-1998: no. 131.

Inscriptions

lower left underlined: Picasso; other hand lower center of mount: Etude pour l'acrobate / de "La peau de l'ours / vendu au Amerique-

Wikidata ID

Q64618756

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