Man with a Guitar (L'Homme à la Guitar )

1915

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

The image features intersecting lines and geometric shapes creating an abstract composition. The elements interweave to form depth and movement. There are hints of familiar objects such as musical instruments like a guitar. The artwork suggests a balance between chaos and order.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving and etching [printed in 1929 by Marcel Guiot]

  • Credit Line

    The John U. and Evelyn S. Nef Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 28 x 18.9 cm (11 x 7 7/16 in.)
    plate: 15.4 x 11.5 cm (6 1/16 x 4 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.60.65

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 51, State ix/ix (a)

  • 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. 30.

1990

  • Geiser, Bernhard and Brigette Baer. Picasso peintre-graveur. 2 vols. Berne, 1990 (vol. 1) and 1992 (vol. 2): no. 51. See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2.

Inscriptions

signed by artist at lower right under plate, in graphite: 60/10 Picasso; by a later hand along bottom border of sheet, in graphite: CG51 L'homme à la Guitar(e)

Wikidata ID

Q75423740

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