Boy and Sleeping Girl in Candlelight (Garçon et dormeuse à la chandelle)

1934

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso
Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973
The image shows two individuals in an intimate, dimly lit setting. One person, seated to the left, is fully visible from head to waist, resting their head on their hand in a contemplative posture. The other person, partially visible and mostly lying down to the right, is covered by a blanket or cloth, with only their face and arms visible. The setting is enhanced by a bright candle on the window ledge, casting light and shadows.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint [printed in 1939 by Roger Lacouriere]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1950.16.190

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 440, State iii/iii (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

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.

1988

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 1988.

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

Wikidata ID

Q65363754

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