Variation on Delacroix's "Women of Algiers": IX

1955

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

The image consists of intersecting and overlapping lines and shapes creating an abstract composition. The shapes resemble human figures in different poses, forming geometric patterns. One figure seems to wear headgear, while another has raised arms. Other shapes suggest reclining figures surrounded by patterns resembling latticework or textiles. The composition balances familiarity with abstraction.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    sugar-lift aquatint, drypoint, engraving, and scraping in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Print Purchase Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.7 x 34.7 cm (10 7/8 x 13 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 33.3 x 43.5 cm (13 1/8 x 17 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.68.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 918, State ii/iii

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Roger Lacourière [1892-1966], Paris, 1955; by inheritance to his wife, Madeleine Lacourière; (Jem Hom, New York); purchased 1997 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 96.

2014

  • Picasso & Jacqueline: The Evolution of Style, PaceWildenstein, New York, 2014 - 2015, no. 61.

Bibliography

1986

  • Baer, Brigette. Picasso peintre-graveur. 5 vols and Addendum. Berne: Éditions Kornfeld, 1986 (vol. 3); 1988 (vol. 4); 1989 (vol. 5); 1994 (vol. 6); 1996 (vol. 7 and Addendum). See volumes 1 and 2 under Geiser/Baer 1990-1992.

1990

  • Geiser, Bernhard and Brigette Baer. Picasso peintre-graveur. 2 vols. Berne: Éditions Kornfeld, 1990 (vol. 1) and 1992 (vol. 2), no. 918. See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2.

2014

  • Fineberg, Jonathan. Exh. cat., Picasso & Jacqueline: The Evolution of Style. Pace Wildenstein, New York; 2014-2015: no. 61.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate (in reverse): 31.1.55; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 1 (written over the numeral 2) er

Wikidata ID

Q75399623

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