Acrobat in Repose (Le saltimbanque au repos)
1905, published 1913
Medium
drypoint on wove Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
plate: 11.8 x 8.8 cm (4 5/8 x 3 7/16 in.) sheet: 49.2 x 32.8 cm (19 3/8 x 12 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The John U. and Evelyn S. Nef Collection
Accession Number
2011.60.58
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Pablo Picasso · 1881–1973
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), born Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso in Málaga, Spain, was the son of José Ruiz Blasco, a painter and art professor who served as his first teacher. From age seven, Picasso trained under his father in figure drawing and oil painting, mastering naturalistic techniques by copying mas...