Still Life with Fruit Bowl (Nature morte au compotier)

1908-1909

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

Auguste Delâtre

Printer, French, 1822 - 1907

The image features intersecting lines and geometric shapes creating an abstract representation. The lines define shapes resembling objects like a vase, a goblet, and a seated figure. The depiction is abstract, with surfaces and angles suggesting a human figure and pottery vessels. The interplay of lines and shading adds depth and complexity typical of abstract art.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid Arches paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13 x 11 cm (5 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 37.8 x 30.3 cm (14 7/8 x 11 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.57.26

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 22, State ii/ii

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hom Gallery, Washington, D.C.); Mrs. Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased December 3, 1977; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1968

  • Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso; catalogue de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie 1904-1967. Bern: Kornfeld und Klipstein, 1968.

1990

  • Geiser, Bernhard and Brigette Baer. Picasso peintre-graveur. 2 vols. Berne: Éditions Kornfeld, 1990 (vol. 1) and 1992 (vol. 2), no. 22. See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2.

Wikidata ID

Q76349302

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