Tête de garçon II (Head of a Boy II)

1962

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

The image shows a person facing forward, depicted with stylized facial features rendered in linear hatching for a textured appearance. The eyes, nose, and mouth are suggested rather than clearly detailed, with the hair also rendered in hatching strokes. The figure has no discernible attire or accessories, set against a dark background to create contrast. The artwork is in black and white, showcasing a simplified, abstract representation of a human form.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    linocut in black on Arches wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Olga Hirshhorn)

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.93 × 27.15 cm (13 3/4 × 10 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 62.71 × 44.45 cm (24 11/16 × 17 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3402

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Baer 1986-1996, no. 1289

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Olga Hirshhorn, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • Selections from the Olga Hirshhorn Collection, Huntington Galleries, West Virginia, 1979, no. 129

Bibliography

1986

  • Baer, Brigette. Picasso peintre-graveur 5. Berne: Éditions Kornfeld, 1989, p. 382, no. 1289.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 4/50; lower right in graphite: Picasso

Watermarks

Arches [partial]

Wikidata ID

Q77010339

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