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Le Repas Frugal
Original Pablo Picasso Etching with drypoint from ‘La Suite des Saltimbanques’ on Van Gelder Zonen paper. A very good impression of the second and final state, from the edition of 250 after steel-facing, published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1913. Printed by Louis Fort.
Bloch 1; Baer 2II b2
| Medium | Etching |
|---|---|
| Year | 1904 |
| Edition | 250 |
| Catalogue Raisonné | Bloch 1,Baer 2 II a2 |
| Signature | Unsigned |
| Size | 25 x 20 (in) 63.5 x 51 (cm) |
| Price | SOLD |
Category: Pablo Picasso
Description
Poised between Picasso’s two most significant periods, ‘Le Repas Frugal’ represents a pivotal point in the artist’s oeuvre. As part of his first series of prints, entitled ‘La Suite des Satimbanques’, it contains elements of both the Blue Period, marked by its melancholic introspection, and the Rose Period, characterized by the artist’s fascination with strolling acrobat players.
First printed in small numbers by the master printer Eugene Delatre in 1905, the ‘Saltimbanques’ plates were later bought by Ambroise Vollard. He had the plates steel-faced and in 1913 the edition was printed by Louis Fort.
Having just learnt the technique from Ricardo Canals, a fellow resident of Montmartre, it is astonishing that Picasso produced this icon in the history of printmaking at the age of only twenty-three. One of his masterpieces as a printmaker, it was only his second work in the etching medium, a medium which fascinated the artist for the remainder of his life.
Select Museum Collections:
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Musee Picasso, Paris
Additional information
| Medium | Etching |
|---|---|
| Year | 1904 |
| Edition | 250 |
| Catalogue Raisonné | Bloch 1,Baer 2 II a2 |
| Signature | Unsigned |
| Size | 25 x 20 (in) 63.5 x 51 (cm) |
| Price | SOLD |
