The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Man with a Guitar
1915, printed 1929
(Spanish, 1881–1973)
publisher
(German, 1884–1979)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1975.147
© Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Catalogue raisonné: Geiser I.109.51
Location: not on view
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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.- ?-1975(Angus Whyte Gallery, Boston, MA, sold to the Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH)1975Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH1975-Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- A Lasting Impression: Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-September 22, 2019).Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland, 1969 - 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 4, 1979-January 27, 1980).
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