Sculptor, Model, Scupture, and a Goldfish (Sculpteur, modèle, sculpture et poisson rouge)
1933
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etching in black on Montval laid paper [printed in 1939 by Roger Lacourière]
Dimensions
plate: 26.8 x 19.4 cm (10 9/16 x 7 5/8 in.) sheet: 50.3 x 38.8 cm (19 13/16 x 15 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1950.16.110
Art Historical Context
Step into Pablo Picasso's imaginative world with *Sculptor, Model, Sculpture, and afish* (1933), a captivating black etching on Montval paper, now housed in the National Gallery of Art'swald Collection. Created during Picasso's prolific 1930 printmaking phase, this intimate plate (26.8 x 19.4 cm) was expertly printed in 1939 by printer Roger Lacourière whose technique enhanced the etching's sharp lines and tonal depth. Etching, an intaglio process where acid etches designs into a metal plate, allowed Picasso to achieve exquisite detail and texture, bridging his sculptural interests with two-di...
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...