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Sculptor with Sculpture and Other Works
Sculptor with Sculpture and Other Works
Object number2008.27.18

Sculptor with Sculpture and Other Works

Portfolio/Seriesfor Honoré de Balzac's Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu
Date1927
Artist (Spanish, 1881-1973)
CultureSpanish
MediumEtching on paper
EditionEdition 90 of 99
DimensionsPlate mark: 7 3/4 x 11 in. (19.69 x 27.94 cm)
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 20 1/8 in. (38.74 x 51.12 cm)
Credit LineGift of Leon Despres in memory of Marian Alschuler Despres, class of 1930
On View
Not on view
Period20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto within image, signed lower right: Picasso
InscribedOn recto, likely by artist, lower left: 90/99, lower right corner: 50 a; on verso, by unidentified hand, in pencil: No 6 / : Mr. Despres / 1770 -E. 56st / [illegible]
DescriptionBlack and white depiction of a male sculptor viewing other sculptures while modelling one with his hands. The work is rendered in narrow black lines similar to a simple line drawing.
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