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 intersecting geometric shapes and lines that create an intricate pattern. The abstract arrangement showcases angular and curved forms overlapping in a dynamic composition. Some elements vaguely resemble familiar objects, with outlines hinting at a figure in the center and a form resembling an elongated dog's face in the bottom left. Scattered letters and shapes add to the sense of movement and complexity typical of abstract art.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with scraping on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Frank R. and Jeannette H. Eyerly

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.5 x 21.9 cm (10 13/16 x 8 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 39.8 x 27.5 cm (15 11/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.63.4

  • 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

Provenance

Frank R. and Jeannette H. Eyerly, Des Moines; gift to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

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 below plate mark in red pencil: Picasso; by later hands, lower left in graphite: B. 41 / A10706 / L'Homme au Chien y. 39; by later hand, lower right in graphite: OXX; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: 41

Watermarks

BFK

Wikidata ID

Q75125456

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