The Cup of Coffee
1913
Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973
Artwork overview
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Medium
collage with charcoal and white chalk on green laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 60.5 x 35 cm (23 13/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
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Accession
1985.64.105
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Catalogue Raisonné
Zervos, Vol. II, no. 344
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Copyright
© 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Pierre Gaut, Paris, after 1942; Heinz Berggruen, Paris, by 1959; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 23 April 1968, no. 24); purchased by (Hector Brame, Paris) for Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon; gift 1985 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1978
Aspects of Twentieth-Century Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978-1979, no. 20, repro.
1986
Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist
2001
A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 25.
2011
Picasso Guitars, 1912-1914, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2011, fig. 77
Picasso's Drawings, 1890-1921: Reinventing Tradition, The Frick Collection, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2011-2012, no. 54.
2016
In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.
2022
Cubism and the Trompe l'oeil Tradition, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2022-2023.
Bibliography
1932
Zervos, Christian. Pablo Picasso. 33 vols. Paris, 1932-1978.
2001
A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 25.
2011
Umland, Anne. Picasso Guitars, 1912-1914. Exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2011: fig. 77.
2016
National Gallery of Art. Highlights from the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, 2016: 278, repro.
Inscriptions
upper right verso: Picasso
Wikidata ID
Q64618757