The Spring (La source)
1921
Medium
drypoint with engraving (zinc) in black on laid paper [printed in 1929 by Leblanc and Trautmann and published by Marcel Guiot]
Dimensions
plate: 17.8 x 23.7 cm (7 x 9 5/16 in.) sheet: 33.7 x 44.8 cm (13 1/4 x 17 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1946.21.312
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Pablo Picasso · 1881–1973
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...