Sculptor at Work with Marie-Thérèse Posing (Sculpteur travaillant sur le motif avec Marie-Thérèse posant)

1933

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

This drawing depicts two nude and bearded male figures. One figure is standing in a contrapposto pose with a focused expression, while the other figure is seated on a stool next to a sculptural pedestal. The background includes a stylized landscape and foliage, along with a window revealing swirling clouds and trees outside. Various line techniques are used to create depth and define spatial elements in the drawing.
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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: 19.4 x 26.8 cm (7 5/8 x 10 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 38.9 x 50 cm (15 5/16 x 19 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.16.126

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 321, State ii/ii (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

1985

  • Landscape Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985, 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). See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2.

Inscriptions

upper right in plate (in reverse): Paris 31 Mars XXXIII-; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 321

Wikidata ID

Q65363417

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