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Variation on the Theme of Las Meninas: Visitors to the Studio

A work made of aquatint and sugar lift etching, with scraping, on copper in black on ivory wove paper.
© 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • A work made of aquatint and sugar lift etching, with scraping, on copper in black on ivory wove paper.

Date:

February 18, 1955

Artist:

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
printed by Roger Lacourière (French, 1892-1966)
published by Galerie Louise Leiris

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Pablo Picasso

Title

Variation on the Theme of Las Meninas: Visitors to the Studio

Place

Spain (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1955

Medium

Aquatint and sugar lift etching, with scraping, on copper in black on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 49.5 × 64.7 cm (19 1/2 × 25 1/2 in.); Aheet: 57 × 76.5 cm (22 1/2 × 30 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Morton O. Neumann

Reference Number

1956.1066

Copyright

© 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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