Old Sculptor at Work (Vieux sculpteur au travail I)

1933

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

This is a drawing of an artist working on a sculpture in the presence of a seated figure. The image features a simplistic line drawing where a central figure holds and carves a bust of another figure on a pedestal. To the left sits a seated figure, observing the process. The lines are deliberate and minimal, creating a focus on shape and form rather than detail. There is an economy of lines that emphasizes the spatial relationship between the figures. The drawing hints at themes of creation and artistic endeavor through sparse and stylized representation.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on Montval laid paper [printed in 1939 by Roger Lacourière]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26.7 x 19.2 cm (10 1/2 x 7 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.3 x 39 cm (19 13/16 x 15 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.16.114

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 305, State only (Bc)

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

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

Inscriptions

lower left in plate (in reverse): Paris 25 mars XXXIII-; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 309

Wikidata ID

Q65363372

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