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Series Title: The Saltimbanques

The Poor

1905, printed 1913

Pablo Picasso

(Spanish, 1881–1973)
printer

Louis Fort

(French, active 1800s–1900s)
publisher

Ambroise Vollard

(French, 1867–1939)
Culture
Spain, 20th century
Medium
etching
Support
Wove paper
Measurements
Image and Plate: 23.5 x 17.7 cm (9 1/4 x 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 50.8 x 33 cm (20 x 13 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1929.890
Catalogue raisonné
Geiser/Baer I.22.4; Bloch 3
State
IIb2/II (Geiser)
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
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As a struggling artist in the early years of his career, Picasso frequently depicted figures living in poverty or on the margins of society.
A vertically oriented black ink print depicts four people in frenetic cross-hatching, blending into the dark background. In the lower right corner, two children kneel, one pushing the arm of the other, bent in front of them as they lean forward. Left of them, a person sits, looking down at something in their lap, with the fourth figure standing behind them, looking to our right with tousled hair and a beard. Behind, a horse grazes.

The Poor

1905, printed 1913

Pablo Picasso, Louis Fort, Ambroise Vollard

(Spanish, 1881–1973), (French, active 1800s–1900s), (French, 1867–1939)
Spain, 20th century

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