Pique I
1959
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linocut, proof in dark brown over tan background on thin card, the tan background from the same irregularly curved plate, but now solidly printed on thin card (with a non-Picasso design on the reverse); the card has been cut to the edges of the image, probably to correct registration problems as the overlap of the dark brown image is not shown in places [medium description by AR]
Dimensions
image: 16.2 x 22.2 cm (6 3/8 x 8 3/4 in.) (cut to image)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Daryl Reich Rubenstein Memorial Fund and Robison Fund
Accession Number
2010.80.2
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...