The Frugal Repast (Le repas frugal)
1904
Medium
etching printed in blue-green on laid Arches paper
Dimensions
plate: 46.3 × 37.7 cm (18 1/4 × 14 13/16 in.) sheet: 57 × 43.8 cm (22 7/16 × 17 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Robert H. and Clarice Smith, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
2003.151.1
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...