Man with Hat and a Violin, December 1912
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973)
Cut-and-pasted newspaper, with charcoal, on two sheets of cut-and-pasted paper; 48 1/8 x 18 5/8 in. (122.2 x 47.3 cm)
Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998 (1999.363.64)
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973)
Cut-and-pasted newspaper, with charcoal, on two sheets of cut-and-pasted paper; 48 1/8 x 18 5/8 in. (122.2 x 47.3 cm)
Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998 (1999.363.64)
This work, created in Paris, belongs to a group of about seventeen other papiers collés by Picasso composed solely from newspaper articles. Here, he arranged cuttings from Le Journal of December 3 and 9, 1912 , on a sort of scaffolding of straight and slightly curved charcoal lines. The various texts refer to the Balkan Wars, to the unrest of miners in the Nord and Pas-de-Calais départements, to critical issues debated in Parliament and in the Chambers, and to local announcements and advertisements.
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