Artist
Pablo Picasso(Spanish, 1881–1973)Spanish, 1881–1973
CultureSpanish
Titles
- Les pauvres (The Poor)
Date1904–1905, printed 1913
MediumEtching, artist's proof before steel facing
DimensionsPlate: 9 1/4 × 7 in. (23.5 × 17.8 cm)
Sheet: 17 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. (44.5 × 29.8 cm)
Sheet: 17 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. (44.5 × 29.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 2002"
Object number2002.3242
Non exposé
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Prints and DrawingsObject Type
Acquisitions of the Last Five Years: Selections of Modern and Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Upper Brown Pavilion, July 15, 2005 - October 15, 2005.
Exhibited: "Picasso Black and White," the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 24, 2013 - May 27, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil lower left below image: "BGL" (?)
Marked in pencil lower right below image: "A (?) P"
Marked in pencil, verso lower right: "B3"
Marked in pencil lower right below image: "A (?) P"
Marked in pencil, verso lower right: "B3"
Signed in pencil at the lower right below the image: "Picasso"
Catalogue raisonnéBloch 3; Geiser/Baer 4
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1905, probably printed 1913
Drypoint on wove paper, proof before steel facing
2000.54
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1920, printed 1922
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2011.1030
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39.84
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1990, published 1991
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96.5
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1798
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B.2007.7
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1934
Etching, edition 51/150
86.406.5
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Etching and engraving on laid paper [proof before cross-hatching added bottom right below sword, before background, no. 1, letters and address]
2022.254
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1825
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