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Man with a Guitar

1915, printed 1929

Pablo Picasso

(Spanish, 1881–1973)
publisher

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler

(German, 1884–1979)
Culture
Spain, 20th century
Medium
drypoint and etching
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1975.147
Catalogue raisonné
Geiser I.109.51
Copyright
© Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

This print was published by Pablo Picasso's dealer as a means of promoting the artist's avant-garde style.

Description

Pablo Picasso worked closely with Georges Braque to develop Cubism around the time this print was made. Their work became virtually indistinguishable from each other as they reduced identifiable subject matter to geometric abstraction. Here, Braque presented a still-life featuring a playing card and a bottle of gin, and Picasso focused on a guitarist—subjects that they frequently explored. Although Picasso worked extensively in printmaking, Braque made fewer than ten Cubist prints. Both of these works were published by dealers as a means of promoting the artists’ avant-garde style.
Greyscale print of a man with a guitar abstracted beyond recognition, demonstrating the Cubist art style, which often appears like an image has been shattered and reassembled. Curved and straight lines arc across the fragmented composition, springing from a central tower of geometric shapes. The greyscale print is rimmed with cream-grey paper, with "8/100 Picasso" scrawled in the lower right corner.

Man with a Guitar

1915, printed 1929

Pablo Picasso, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler

(Spanish, 1881–1973), (German, 1884–1979)
Spain, 20th century

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