Pablo Picasso
L'Autruche

L'Autruche

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

L'Autruche
L'Autruche
ArtistSpanish, 1881–1973
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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2000.54
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1920, printed 1922
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Etching on wove paper, edition of possibly 250, after steel facing
39.84
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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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Pablo Picasso
Tête de face. Portrait de Marie-Thérèse de face (Portrait of Marie-Thérèse, Full-face)
1934
Etching, aquatint and drypoint with scraping and burnishing
2004.832
Image Not Available for Untitled
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Untitled
1969–1972
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96.1763
Image Not Available for Untitled
Pablo Picasso
Untitled
1969–1972
Etching and aquatint, edition 23/50
96.1762
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Pablo Picasso
Sueño y Mentira de Franco (Dreams and Lies of Franco)
1937
Etching and aquatint, edition 1/850
89.250.2
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Pablo Picasso
Sueño y Mentira de Franco (Dream and Lie of Franco)
1937
Etching and aquatint, edition 1/850
89.250.1
Black Leaf
Chris Ofili
Black Leaf
2008
Color spit bite and sugar lift aquatint with drypoint on wove paper, trial proof B, before an edition of 20
2015.94