Drinker Caressing a Reclining Woman

1938

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

The image depicts two nude individuals in a reclining position. One person on the left is shown from the waist upwards with curly hair, a beard, and a prominent nose. They wear a thin headband or crown of leaves. The individual on the right lies next to them, facing upwards with an arm across their forehead. Both figures are outlined with simple lines. The background shows abstract outlines resembling fabric or drapery, along with a potted plant and curved lines suggesting sun rays.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.5 x 24.8 cm (5 11/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 20.1 x 60 cm (7 15/16 x 23 5/8 in.) (folded in half)

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.56

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 641, State ii/ii

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

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: no. 641, ii/ii

Inscriptions

upper right in plate: 1938 (partially in reverse)

Wikidata ID

Q76559127

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