L'Autruche (The Ostrich)

1941/1942

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

The image displays swirling black lines forming an abstract composition resembling an ostrich. The elongated neck and legs are depicted with vertical and diagonal lines, while the body is created from a mesh of curved forms resembling feathers. The head, beak, and familiar avian features are suggested with lines and dots. Curved lines and shapes surrounding the ostrich-like figure suggest movement or presence of smaller objects, reminiscent of flying birds. The composition is loosely framed by a border.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    aquatint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 36.6 x 27.9 cm (14 7/16 x 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.116.119

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 590, State ii/ii (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), no. 590. See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2.

Inscriptions

by later hands, upper center in graphite: 17; across bottom, lower center verso in graphite: A19723 B.343 $600.- 70120852 59550

Watermarks

Ambrose Vollard

Wikidata ID

Q74892339

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