Mademoiselle Léonie, First Plate
1910
Medium
etching
Dimensions
image: 20 × 14.13 cm (7 7/8 × 5 9/16 in.) sheet: 25.88 × 22.54 cm (10 3/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1964.8.1376
Art Historical Context
**Mademoiselle Léonie, Plate** is a striking etching by Pablo Picasso, created in1910 during his pioneering Analytic Cubist phase. At this time, Picasso, alongside Georges Braque, was revolutionizing art by deconstructing forms into geometric fragments, challenging traditional perspective and representation. This intimate print, measuring just 20 × 14.13 cm, captures the essence of a woman named Léonie—likely a or acquaintance—through angular planes and interlocking shapes, embodying Cubism's intellectual dissection of reality. As an etching, the work showcases Picasso's mastery of printmakin...
About the Artist
Pablo Picasso
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...