Pablo Picasso
Bacchanale

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Artist Pablo Picasso(Spanish, 1881–1973)Spanish, 1881–1973

CultureSpanish

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Bacchanale

DateNovember 27, 1959

PlaceFrance

MediumColor reductive linoleum cut on wove paper

DimensionsBlock: 20 3/4 × 25 in. (52.7 × 63.5 cm)
Sheet: 24 7/16 × 29 1/2 in. (62.1 × 74.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Lasser in honor of Dr. Michael DeBakey

Object number73.187

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ProvenanceJoseph R. and Ruth Lasser, Scarsdale, New York, by December 27, 1973; given to MFAH, 1973.
Exhibition HistoryPicasso Exhibition, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, 3 March - 13 April 1979 (LN:79.3)

"Going with the Grain: Woodcuts from Houston Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cameron Gallery, January 31—April 19, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in block, left bottom edge: 27.11.59. [reversed]
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below image, lower left: 33/50
Recto: Signed in graphite, below image, lower right: Picasso [underlined]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, right bottom edge: 28.

Recto: Signed in graphite, below image, lower right: Picasso [underlined]

Verso: Watermark, center top edge: ARCH

Catalogue raisonnéBloch 931

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