Head of a Man (Buste d'homme)

1905, published 1913

Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

Ambroise Vollard

Publisher, French, 1867 - 1939

Louis Fort

Printer, French, active first half 20th century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on wove Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    The John U. and Evelyn S. Nef Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12 x 9 cm (4 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 43 x 32.8 cm (16 15/16 x 12 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2011.60.52

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 5, State only (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. 4.

1990

  • Geiser, Bernhard and Brigette Baer. Picasso peintre-graveur. 2 vols. Berne: Éditions Kornfeld, 1990 (vol. 1) and 1992 (vol. 2), no. 5. See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: Picasso / 2-05

Watermarks

[VAN GELD]ER ZONEN

Wikidata ID

Q75423599


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