Man with a Dog (L'homme au chien)

1915, reprinted c. 1947

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

The image features interlocking angular lines and geometric shapes forming an abstract composition. Shapes suggest a figure holding an object resembling a musical instrument or sheet music at the center, with smaller shapes possibly forming a window with a plant on the left and an animal on the same side. The abstract nature of the image prompts viewers to identify familiar objects from the shapes.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with scraping on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.7 x 22 cm (10 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 33.5 x 24.6 cm (13 3/16 x 9 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1975.115.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 39, State iii/iii (Bb)

  • Copyright

    © 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Artwork history & notes

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

lower right in red pencil: Picasso; by later hand, across bottom verso in graphite: Picasso "L'Homme au Chien" Geiser 39, iii etching 1914; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: THH

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65576005

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