Pensive Sculptor, Model with Black Hair, and a Bowl with Three Anemones (Sculpteur songeant, modèle aux cheveux noirs, et bol avec trois anémones)

1933

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

This is a drawing of two figures in a stylized and simplified form. The composition features a standing figure and a seated figure, both rendered in a minimalist line drawing style. The standing figure has curly hair with laurel leaves, and the seated figure has a curly beard and facial hair. Both figures have simplified anatomical features without intricate detail on their bodies. The background shows an abstract setting with linear sun rays and floral elements, suggesting an outdoor scene. The sparing use of lines highlights the figures and adds a classical and timeless quality.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1950.16.134

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 330, State only (Bc)

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

Wikidata ID

Q65363453

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