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Pour Roby

1950

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names

Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

The image shows a minimalist line drawing of a person's face. The face is depicted in a frontal position with no tilt. The facial features including the eyes, eyebrows, nose, and mouth are captured with simple lines. Some wavy lines indicate short hair at the top of the head. The drawing is in black lines on a plain, light background with no other details. At the bottom, there is a signature or inscription in cursive.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Christopher and Beverly With in memory of Karl and Gerda With
Dimensions

plate: 23.5 × 17.6 cm (9 1/4 × 6 15/16 in.)
sheet: 32.5 × 25.1 cm (12 13/16 × 9 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

2015.141.20
Catalogue Raisonné

Geiser/Baer, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Beverly and Christopher With, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

With, Christopher

Bibliography

1968

Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso; catalogue de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie 1904-1967. Bern: Kornfeld und Klipstein, 1968: 680.

Inscriptions

in plate text reversed: Picasso pour Roby

Wikidata ID

Q77015676

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