Painter before His Painting | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M20588
People: Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Spanish (Malaga, Spain 1881 - 1973 Mougins, France)
Title: Painter before His Painting
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Peintre devant son tableau
Series/Book Title: Pablo Picasso. Original Etchings for "The Unknown Masterpiece" by Balzac
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1927
Places: Creation Place: Europe, France
Culture: Spanish
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/261202

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 27.8 x 19.4 cm (10 15/16 x 7 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: signed and numbered by artist

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Virginia Deknatel, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, December 1987.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: G.&B. 133 b.2.(alpha).,Bl. 92

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Virginia H. Deknatel in memory of Frederick B. Deknatel
Accession Year: 1987
Object Number: M20588
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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