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Series Title: The Saltimbanques

At the Circus

winter 1905–6, 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
drypoint
Measurements
Image and Plate: 22 x 14 cm (8 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.); Sheet: 51 x 33.2 cm (20 1/16 x 13 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1929.895
Catalogue raisonné
Bloch 9; Palau i Fabre 1119; Geiser/Baer I.35.11
State
b2/c (Geiser/Baer)
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Picasso frequently attended the Cirque Medrano in the Montmartre neighborhood of Paris where he lived at the time.
A vertically oriented print in black ink on cream paper depicts the outline of two people dancing on the back of a horse, which looks down. Only the horse's head and front legs are shaded. The people, slightly over half the horse's height, line up one behind the other with only the outline of their pointed right toes touching the horse's back. They kick their left legs back, throwing their hands in the air and leaning back.

At the Circus

winter 1905–6, 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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