Ambroise Vollard IV

c. 1937

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

The image depicts a line drawing of a man's head and shoulders. The man has a serious expression, bald head, prominent eyebrows, deep-set eyes, a straight nose, and a full beard drawn with short, straight lines. He is wearing a shirt with a loosely tied tie. The background is plain, with no discernible details. The drawing is signed in the lower right corner.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching [printed in 1939 by Roger Lacouriere]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 34.7 × 24.8 cm (13 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 44.3 × 33.7 cm (17 7/16 × 13 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.7.93

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 619, State only (Bc)

  • Series Title

    Vollard Suite [Bloch 134-233]

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1948

  • Experimental Printmaking in France, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1948, no. 21.

1950

  • Vollard, Connoisseur: Modern French Prints, an Exhibition from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1950.

1958

  • Picasso: A Loan Exhibition of his Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, and Illustrated Book, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1958, prints section, no. 83.

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

Wikidata ID

Q65081628

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