The Watering Place (Horses Bathing) [L'abreuvoir (chevaux au bain)]

1906

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

Auguste Delâtre

Printer, French, 1822 - 1907

This is a drawing of several figures with horses. The image features simplified and stylized figures, some of whom appear to be on horseback while others stand or sit on the ground. The horses are drawn with minimal detail. The setting appears to be an open landscape, with faint lines in the background suggesting distant hills or the horizon. The composition is sparse, focusing on the relationships between the figures and their positioning. The use of clean lines and the focus on form over detail are characteristic of a minimalist style.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid Arches paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12 x 18.7 cm (4 3/4 x 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 22.3 x 30.5 cm (8 3/4 x 12 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6734

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 10, State only (a)

  • Series Title

    The Saltimbanques [Bloch 1-15]

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1958

  • Picasso: A Loan Exhibition of his Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, and Illustrated Book, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1958, prints section, no. 7.

1961

  • A Picasso Retrospective in Prints from the National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection, 12 venue tour organized by the American Federation of Arts (Arnot Art Gallery, Elmira, NY; Art Association of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Rodman Hall Arts Center, St. Catherine's, Ontario, Canada; Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH; Miami Beach Art Center, FL; Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, AL; Fort Worth Art Center, TX; Boise Art Association, ID; Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT; Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Quebec, Canada; Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY; and De Cordova and Dana Museum, Lincoln, MA), 1961-1962, no cat.

1966

  • Picasso: Sixty Years of Graphic Works, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966, no. 12, repro.

1973

  • Problems of Authenticity in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Art, The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1973, no. 51.

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 brown ink: Picasso; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: H.P.; by later hands, lower right verso in graphite: 39.1035 / FNO.

Watermarks

ARCHES

Wikidata ID

Q65024199

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