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Print in red, green, black and yellow ink depicting an abstracted scene of a goblet and circular fruit under a hanging lamp. A yellow lightbulb with a floral shape in the center hangs under a black covering, above which red and green streaks arc, below yellow and red-lined patterns cascade among the half green, half red fruit with stems and leaves. The goblet sits to the left of this light, patterned with green organic shapes.

Still Life Under a Lamp

Mougins, March 19, 1962

Pablo Picasso

(Spanish, 1881–1973)
printer

Hidalgo Arnéra

(Spanish, 1922–2007)
publisher

Galerie Louise Leiris

Spain, 20th century
Color linocut on wove paper
Image: 52.8 x 63.8 cm (20 13/16 x 25 1/8 in.); Sheet: 62 x 74.8 cm (24 7/16 x 29 7/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1984.61
© 2024 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Catalogue raisonné: Bloch 1101; Baer V.437.1312
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Picasso made over 2,500 prints during his artistic career.

Description

This print was created using a variation of the linocut technique that Picasso developed himself. He did so because he found the traditional process—which involves carefully lining up and printing a different linoleum block for each color—too laborious. Instead, the artist cut away areas of a single block and reprinted each color as he went. Although this method removed the need for careful alignment, it presented its own challenges: a single mistake could ruin the entire edition.
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    Robert Walker, Swarthmore, PA
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    Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
    ?-1984
    R.M. Light, Santa Barbara, CA (sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
    1984-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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