Still Life with a Fruit Bowl
This unusually tentative still life represents an early attempt to incorporate Cubist principles into his graphic work. The drypoint's faceted surface comprised of short hatched lines infuses the image with a vibrating light that is distinct from the pure outlines of his Saltimbanques prints. This impression was bequeathed to the Museum by one of America's earliest champions of European modernism, the photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
Artwork Details
- Title: Still Life with a Fruit Bowl
- Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France)
- Printer: Eugène Delâtre (French, Paris 1864–1938 Paris)
- Publisher: Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (German, 1884–1979)
- Date: 1908–9, printed 1911
- Medium: Drypoint
- Dimensions: plate: 5 1/8 x 4 3/8 in. (13 x 11.1 cm)
sheet: 17 1/8 x 12 3/4 in. (43.5 x 32.4 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949
- Object Number: 49.55.315
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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