Pablo Picasso
L'Autruche

L'Autruche

© Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

L'Autruche
L'Autruche
ArtistSpanish, 1881–1973
PrinterParis
CultureSpanish
Titles
  • L'Autruche
  • from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
  • LA ATRUCHE
Date1936
PlaceParis, France
MediumAquatint and etching, proof before steel facing
DimensionsPlate: 16 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (41.9 × 31.8 cm)
 Sheet: 17 3/8 × 13 1/16 in. (44.1 × 33.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frances and Peter C. Marzio
Object number2006.373
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance[Ambroise Vollard, Paris]; Estate of Ambroise Vollard, Paris; to Henri Petiet, Paris; [Marc Rosen Fine Art, New York]; to Frances and Peter C. Mazio, by 2006; given to MFAH, 2006.
Exhibition History"Picasso - The Intaglio Prints: 1904-1968, Marc Rosen Fine Art, Ltd., New York, October 22-November 13, 1999.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom right corner of the sheet in pencil: HP
verso bottom right corner in pencil: B343



lower right on the plate in pencil: Picasso
printed on the bottom of the plate: LA ATRUCHE
Catalogue raisonnéBloch 343 and Geiser/Baer 590 ii/ii

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Tête de femme
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Tête de femme
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Etching, proof before steel facing
2006.633
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Les pauvres (The Poor)
1904–1905, printed 1913
Etching, artist's proof before steel facing
2002.3242
Tête de femme, de profil [Madeleine] (Head of a Woman in Profile [Madeleine]
Pablo Picasso
Tête de femme, de profil [Madeleine] (Head of a Woman in Profile [Madeleine]
1905, probably printed 1913
Drypoint on wove paper, proof before steel facing
2000.54
Le Comptoir (The Bar)
Louis Marcoussis
Le Comptoir (The Bar)
1920, printed 1922
Etching, aquatint, and drypoint in brown on cream Japanese paper, proof IV/IV, before steel facing for signed edition of 125
2011.1030
cropped recto of sheet
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Les Trois Baigneuses, III
1922–1923, printed 1931
Etching on paper, edition 96/100, after steel facing (b)
76.373
Le Repas frugal (The Frugal Repast)
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Le Repas frugal (The Frugal Repast)
1904, published 1913
Etching on wove paper, edition of possibly 250, after steel facing
39.84
Vieux Clown Avec Une Ravissante Personne (Old Clown with a Lovely Person)
Pablo Picasso
Vieux Clown Avec Une Ravissante Personne (Old Clown with a Lovely Person)
April 24, 1968, printed 1969
Aquatint, edition 4/50
89.322
Le Bain (The Bath)
Pablo Picasso
Le Bain (The Bath)
1905, published 1913
Drypoint on wove paper, edition of 250, after steel facing
39.85
Marin-Cyclope
Pablo Picasso
Marin-Cyclope
March 13, 1970
Aquatint and scratching, edition 16/50
89.328
The Death of General Montgomery, In the Attack of Quebec, December 1775
Johan Frederik Clemens
The Death of General Montgomery, In the Attack of Quebec, December 1775
1798
Engraving and etching on laid paper, proof before title
B.2007.7
Sueño y Mentira de Franco (Dreams and Lies of Franco), plate 2
Pablo Picasso
Sueño y Mentira de Franco (Dreams and Lies of Franco), plate 2
1937
Etching and aquatint, edition 1/850
89.250.2
Sueño y Mentira de Franco (Dream and Lie of Franco), plate 1
Pablo Picasso
Sueño y Mentira de Franco (Dream and Lie of Franco), plate 1
1937
Etching and aquatint, edition 1/850
89.250.1