Man with a Violin
Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, Spanish, 1881 - 1973
Geography:
Made in France, Europe
Date:
1911-1912Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
39 3/8 x 28 13/16 inches (100 x 73.2 cm) Framed: 46 × 35 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (116.8 × 89.5 × 10.8 cm)Copyright:
© Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New YorkCuratorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
1950-134-168Credit Line:
The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950
Made in France, Europe
Date:
1911-1912Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
39 3/8 x 28 13/16 inches (100 x 73.2 cm) Framed: 46 × 35 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (116.8 × 89.5 × 10.8 cm)Copyright:
© Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New YorkCuratorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:1950-134-168Credit Line:
The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950
Label:
A tall, pyramidal form at the center of this painting evokes a human presence, with clues suggesting hair, a moustache, and ears. Two F-shaped sound holes are the only signs of a violin, and scroll-like shapes at the bottom left suggest the arm of a chair. The painting dates from the spring or summer of 1912, a period in the evolution of Cubism often described as hermetic because the subjects appear to be sealed off from recognizable reality.
A tall, pyramidal form at the center of this painting evokes a human presence, with clues suggesting hair, a moustache, and ears. Two F-shaped sound holes are the only signs of a violin, and scroll-like shapes at the bottom left suggest the arm of a chair. The painting dates from the spring or summer of 1912, a period in the evolution of Cubism often described as hermetic because the subjects appear to be sealed off from recognizable reality.