The Studio (L'atelier)

1927

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

The image shows a sketch with three human figures. Two figures are almost fully shown, while the third figure is partially depicted from the waist up. On the left, there is a person standing on a low platform, with one knee bent and one hand on their hip. This figure has medium-length hair and is dressed in an outfit with a lightly ruffled collar and a belted short bottom. On the right, an older figure is seated on a stool, holding a palette and paintbrush, with a full beard and a muscular build visible from a three-quarter profile. This person has curly hair and appears shirtless with a cloth around the waist. In the middle, inside a rectangular frame resembling a painting or mirror, there are two faces, one in front and another partially obscured behind. Both have short hair and neutral expressions. The facial features are simplified and stylized. The background is a neutral space with minimal detailing beyond the outlined forms and an etched signature in the lower left corner.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1945.5.105

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 121, State only (b)

  • Copyright

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


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1961

  • A Picasso Retrospective in Prints from the National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection, 12 venue tour organized by the American Federation of Arts (Arnot Art Gallery, Elmira, NY; Art Association of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Rodman Hall Arts Center, St. Catherine's, Ontario, Canada; Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH; Miami Beach Art Center, FL; Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, AL; Fort Worth Art Center, TX; Boise Art Association, ID; Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT; Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Quebec, Canada; Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY; and De Cordova and Dana Museum, Lincoln, MA), 1961-1962, no cat.

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. 121. See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2.

Wikidata ID

Q65024223

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