Sculptor and His Model with a Sculpture Group of a Horse and Groomer (Sculpteur et son modèle avec un groupe sculpté représentant un dresseur de chevaux)
1933
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etching in black on Montval laid paper [printed in 1939 by Roger Lacourière]
Dimensions
plate: 19.2 x 26.5 cm (7 9/16 x 10 7/16 in.) sheet: 38.5 x 50 cm (15 3/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1950.16.121
Art Historical Context
In 1933, Pablo created *Sculpteur et son modèle avec un groupe sculpté représentant un dresseur chevaux* (Sculptor and His Model with a Sculpture Group of a and Groomer), an that captures the intimate drama of artistic creation. This black-ink print on Montval laid paper depicts a sculptor intently working beside his model, with a dynamic sculpture of a horse and its groomer taking center stage. Measuring just 19.2 x 26.5 cm on the plate, it reflects Picasso's fascination with sculpture during the early 1930s, a period when he blurred lines between two- and three-dimensional art, drawing from ...
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...