Le Dindon (The Turkey)

1941/1942

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

The image shows a detailed turkey as the central object, with a textured pattern of feathers in black and gray tones. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of black, white, and gray. The turkey is placed centrally on an uneven surface, occupying most of the vertical space. Below it, the text "LE DINDON" is written in a thin, handwritten style. In the top right corner, there are abstract lines.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    aquatint on China paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 36.4 x 28 cm (14 5/16 x 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.116.121

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 593, State iv/iv

  • 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. 593. See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: LE DINDON; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 89940

Wikidata ID

Q74892347

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