Variation on Delacroix's "Women of Algiers": IX
1955
Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

Artwork overview
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Medium
sugar-lift aquatint, drypoint, engraving, and scraping in black on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 27.7 x 34.7 cm (10 7/8 x 13 11/16 in.)
sheet: 33.3 x 43.5 cm (13 1/8 x 17 1/8 in.) -
Accession
1997.68.4
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Catalogue Raisonné
Geiser/Baer, no. 918, State ii/iii
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Copyright
© 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Roger Lacourière [1892-1966], Paris, 1955; by inheritance to his wife, Madeleine Lacourière; (Jem Hom, New York); purchased 1997 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1997
Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 96.
2014
Picasso & Jacqueline: The Evolution of Style, PaceWildenstein, New York, 2014 - 2015, no. 61.
Bibliography
1986
Baer, Brigette. Picasso peintre-graveur. 5 vols and Addendum. Berne: Éditions Kornfeld, 1986 (vol. 3); 1988 (vol. 4); 1989 (vol. 5); 1994 (vol. 6); 1996 (vol. 7 and Addendum). See volumes 1 and 2 under Geiser/Baer 1990-1992.
1990
Geiser, Bernhard and Brigette Baer. Picasso peintre-graveur. 2 vols. Berne: Éditions Kornfeld, 1990 (vol. 1) and 1992 (vol. 2), no. 918. See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2.
2014
Fineberg, Jonathan. Exh. cat., Picasso & Jacqueline: The Evolution of Style. Pace Wildenstein, New York; 2014-2015: no. 61.
Inscriptions
lower right in plate (in reverse): 31.1.55; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 1 (written over the numeral 2) er
Wikidata ID
Q75399623