Pierrot and Harlequin (recto)
Pablo Picasso
1920
Medium
pen and black ink and gouache on folded cream paper
Dimensions
sheet (folded in half): 27.3 x 21.3 cm (10 3/4 x 8 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman
Accession Number
1981.41.2.a
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...