Man with a Dog (L'homme au chien)

1915

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

The image shows intersecting lines and geometric shapes forming an abstract composition. Within the arrangement, there is a form resembling a human figure holding a rectangular object resembling a book. There is also an outline of a smaller figure that could be interpreted as an animal. The piece challenges the viewer to piece together familiar objects and forms from the disjointed elements.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper [proof]

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 31.2 x 22.5 cm (12 5/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1982.69.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 39, State i/iii (artist's proof)

  • 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

by later hands, lower right verso in graphite: G 39 I / 14053

Watermarks

AL in a double oval

Wikidata ID

Q74038708

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