Picasso’s late work often included images of musicians and self-portraits. This crayon drawing likely depicts the artist himself, holding a sheep, with a young boy playing a flute. At the time, Picasso owned a number of animals, including a pet goat.
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Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso XXV (Paris, 1972), p. 124, no. 272 (ill.), as Man Holding a Sheep, Flutist and Heads.
Mary Matthews Gedo, Picasso: Art as Autobiography (Chicago, 1980), pp. 250–251 (ill.).
The Picasso Project, Picasso’s Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, and Sculpture: A Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue 1885–1973, The Sixties II 1964–1967 (San Francisco, 2002), p. 237, no. 67–022 (ill.), as Man Holding a Sheep, Flutist and Heads.
The Art Institute of Chicago, “Picasso in Chicago,” February 3–March 31, 1968, pp. 90 and 117, cat. 106 (ill.).
Peoria, Ill., Peoria Art Museum, “Pablo Picasso,” October 15–November 25, 1969.
Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, “Master Drawings by Picasso,” 1981, p. 255, nos. 29a and 29b; shown only at The Art Institute of Chicago, April 29–June 14, 1981.
New York, Pace Gallery, “Je suis le cahier: The Sketchbooks of Pablo Picasso,” 1986, hors cat.; shown only at The Art Institute of Chicago, July 10–August 23, l987.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Picasso and Chicago”, February 20-May 12, 2013, hors cat.
New York City, Acquavella Galleries, Inc., “Picasso: Seven Decades of Drawings”, October 7 - December 3, 2021, p. 202-205, pl. 76 (ill.), cat. by Oliver Berggruen, et. al.
The Art Institute of Chicago, “Picasso: Drawing from Life”, November 11, 2023 - April 8, 2024.
Sold by the Saidenberg Gallery, New York, to the Art Institute, 1968.
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