The Frugal Repast (Le repas frugal)
1904
Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973
Printer, French, 1822 - 1907
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching printed in blue-green on laid Arches paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Robert H. and Clarice Smith, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
plate: 46.3 × 37.7 cm (18 1/4 × 14 13/16 in.)
sheet: 57 × 43.8 cm (22 7/16 × 17 1/4 in.) -
Accession
2003.151.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Geiser/Baer, no. 2, State ii/ii (a2)
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Copyright
© 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
1997
Picasso: The Early Years, 1892-1906, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.
2004
Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005
2021
Picasso: Painting the Blue Period, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; The Phillips Collection, Washington, 2021-2022 (shown only in Washington).
Bibliography
1944
Johnson, Una E. Ambroise Vollard Editeur, 1867-1939; an appreciation and catalogue. New York: Wittenborn & Co., 1944, no. 108.1.
1968
Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso; catalogue de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie 1904-1967. Bern: Kornfeld und Klipstein, 1968.
1997
Picasso: The Early Years, 1892-1906. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1997-1998: no. 105.
2004
Brodie, Judith. "Gifts and Acquisitions: Pablo Picasso, The Frugal Repast." National Gallery of Art Bulletin 31 (Spring 2004): 12-13, repro.
Inscriptions
recto: below plate at left in graphite: no. 3; below plate at right in graphite: Picasso; verso: none
Markings
none
Watermarks
ARCHES
Wikidata ID
Q75126064