Pablo Picasso
Le Repas frugal (The Frugal Repast)

Le Repas frugal (The Frugal Repast)

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Le Repas frugal (The Frugal Repast)
Le Repas frugal (The Frugal Repast)
ArtistSpanish, 1881–1973
PublisherFrench, 1866–1939
CultureSpanish
Titles
  • Le Repas frugal (The Frugal Repast)
  • from the series Saltimbanques
Date1904, published 1913
PlaceFrance
MediumEtching on wove paper, edition of possibly 250, after steel facing
DimensionsPlate: 18 1/4 × 14 7/8 in. (46.4 × 37.8 cm)
Mat: 28 × 22 in. (71.1 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number39.84
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[Hans Goltz Galerie, Munich]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1929-September 1, 1939; given to MFAH, 1939.
Exhibition HistoryCapital National Bank, Houston, December 1, 1966–January 2, 1967.

"Expressionism in Modern Art," Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, December 11, 1973–February 2, 1974.

"Picasso Exhibition," Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, March 3–April 13, 1979.

"The Art of Printmaking," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 3–July 1, 1990.

"Picasso Black and White," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 24–May 27, 2013.

"Miss Ima Hogg & Modernism," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 27–November 3, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Inscribed, lower left corner: T.L.12666.3c
Recto: Watermark, right: Van Gelder Zonen
Catalogue raisonnéBloch 1; Geiser/Baer 2.II.B

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