Le Chat (The Cat)

1941/1942

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

This print depicts a cat with gray fur, open eyes, and long whiskers, sitting upright with its tongue sticking out. Its body is angled slightly to the right, and its tail curls into the bottom right corner of the print. The background includes abstract scribbles and marks, and the words "LE CHAT" are written below the illustration. A faint shadow in the shape of the cat appears on the left side. The print is made up of dark lines and gray color against plain paper.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    aquatint on China paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 36 x 27.7 cm (14 3/16 x 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.116.120

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 580, State ii/ii (Bb)

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1968

  • Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso; catalogue de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie 1904-1967. Bern: Kornfeld und Klipstein, 1968.

1990

  • Geiser, Bernhard and Brigette Baer. Picasso peintre-graveur. 2 vols. Berne: Éditions Kornfeld, 1990 (vol. 1) and 1992 (vol. 2), no. 580. See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: LE CHAT; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 89927

Wikidata ID

Q74892344

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