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The Donkey, from Histoire naturelle

A work made of aquatint, sugar lift etching, scratching, and drypoint on ivory laid paper.
© 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • A work made of aquatint, sugar lift etching, scratching, and drypoint on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1936, published May 26, 1942

Artist:

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
written by Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788)
published by Martin Fabiani (French)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Pablo Picasso

Title

The Donkey, from Histoire naturelle

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.

1936

Medium

Aquatint, sugar lift etching, scratching, and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 26.6 × 20.7 cm (10 1/2 × 8 3/16 in.); Sheet: 44.8 × 33.5 cm (17 11/16 × 13 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gerald Cramer

Reference Number

1952.1074

Copyright

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

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