Acrobat in Repose (Le saltimbanque au repos)

1905, published 1913

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

Ambroise Vollard

Publisher, French, 1866 - 1939

Louis Fort

Printer, French, active first half 20th century

The image depicts a person seated on a cube-shaped object. The individual is in a relaxed pose with their legs spread apart, leaning slightly to the left, left hand on knee and right hand on the seat. The person has a broad face with simplified facial features, looking to the side. They wear a pointed, belled hat with a ruffle around the neck. The rest of the body appears unclothed. The background is plain, with no distinct features, focusing on the etched figure.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12 x 8.7 cm (4 3/4 x 3 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 48 x 33.3 cm (18 7/8 x 13 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1952.8.281

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 12, State only (b1)

  • 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: G. 12b

Wikidata ID

Q65363875

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