Les saltimbanques (after Picasso) (1923)

Pablo Picasso

colour aquatint with roulette on paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Les saltimbanques (after Picasso) (1923)

Classification:

Materials:

Paper, Ink

Physical Object Description:

Acrobats, after Picasso's print of 1905; man and boy in leotards, with dog. 1927 Colour aquatint, with roulette. Signed, dated and lettered: "Picasso 1905" on plate. Annotated with Picasso signature.

Technique:

Aquatint, Roulette

Accession Number:

1925,0314.61

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1925

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the Independent Gallery by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, 17 October 1923 (for 4 guineas); presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1925

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Performance

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