The Poor (Les pauvres)

1905, published 1913

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

Ambroise Vollard

Publisher, French, 1866 - 1939

Louis Fort

Printer, French, active first half 20th century

The image is an etching depicting three people from head to foot. The central figure is a seated man looking to the right. He has unkempt hair and sharp facial features, dressed in a dark suit with a light-colored shirt. Beside him, a woman leans back on his lap with her head against his chest, with long hair and a simple dress. On the ground in front of the man, two children kneel facing each other, holding hands, wearing loose-fitting garments with short hair. The background shows an abstract and rough-textured landscape with the hint of a broad horizon, creating a somber atmosphere.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    The John U. and Evelyn S. Nef Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.6 x 18 cm (9 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 51 x 32.5 cm (20 1/16 x 12 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.60.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 4, State ii/ii (b2)

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Evelyn Nef, Washington, D.C.; bequest to NGA, 2010.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1968

  • Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso; catalogue de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie 1904-1967. Bern: Kornfeld und Klipstein, 1968, no. 3.

1990

  • Geiser, Bernhard and Brigette Baer. Picasso peintre-graveur. 2 vols. Berne: Éditions Kornfeld, 1990 (vol. 1) and 1992 (vol. 2), no. 4. See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2.

Inscriptions

by later hand, bottom center border, in graphite: 14 1/2 x 20 1/2

Watermarks

VAN GELDE[R ZONEN]

Wikidata ID

Q75393295

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