The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Still Life with Cruet Set

Still Life with Cruet Set

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France)

Date:: 1911
Medium:: Ink on paper
Dimensions:: 12 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (31.4 x 24.1 cm)
Classification:: Drawings
Credit Line:: Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949
Accession Number:: 49.70.31
Rights and Reproduction:: © 2011 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Description

This small pen drawing shows a cruet set-oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper-like those still seen in Parisian cafés. Picasso made the work preparatory to a painting he completed in January 1911. Like all Cubist still lifes, it depicts familiar objects from everyday life.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Signature: Signed on verso in gray ink, upper left: ¦Picasso¦

Inscription: Inscribed on verso (upper right): No 654 [the "N" in "No" is difficult to read]
Exhibition History

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ¦Drawings from the Alfred Stieglitz Collection¦, September 9-November 12, 1967 (no catalogue, typed checklist only) London: Tate Gallery, February 16-May 8, 1994. ¦Picasso: Sculptor/Painter¦, by Elizabeth Cowling and John Golding. Cat.#53, pg.76, illus. New York: The New York Studio School, October 24 - November 11, 1995. ¦The Spanish School: From Goya to Picasso¦
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The Lure of Montmartre, 1880-1900

Symbolism

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Paul Klee (1879-1940)

Cubism

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