Three Actors with a Bust of Marie-Thérèse (Trois comédiens avec buste de Marie-Thérèse)

1933

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

The image shows a full-body line drawing of multiple figures in an abstract style. The central figure is a man with detailed beard and curly hair, in a three-quarter view, wearing a historical or theatrical costume with ruffled cuffs and a sash. To his left are three women with simplified facial features and long hair. The woman to his immediate left wears a garment with ruffles and intricate patterns. All figures are placed closely together, standing or slightly leaning towards one another. They are not holding any visible objects nor adorned with jewelry. In the background, there is a suggestion of a column and drapery, adding a classical or theatrical backdrop to the scene. The overall scene is set against a neutral backdrop, with line details suggesting depth and structure.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.8 x 18.2 cm (10 15/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.2 x 38.7 cm (19 3/4 x 15 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.16.147

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 296, State ii/ii (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.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in graphite: 342

Wikidata ID

Q65363522

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