Pablo Picasso
Les pauvres (The Poor)

Les pauvres (The Poor)

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Les pauvres (The Poor)
Les pauvres (The Poor)
ArtistSpanish, 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)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 2002"
Object number2002.3242
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "States of Mind: Modern Works of Paper and The Psyche," the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 18, 2003 - February 29, 2004

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"
Signed in pencil at the lower right below the image: "Picasso"
Catalogue raisonnéBloch 3; Geiser/Baer 4

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