Saltimbanques
Pablo Picasso Spanish
Printer Louis Fort French
Publisher Ambroise Vollard French
Not on view
The theme of the saltimbanque, or itinerant circus performer, dominated Picasso's work from late 1904 to 1906. This drypoint of a young acrobat balancing on a ball while other members of his troupe carry out mundane tasks anticipates two major canvases of 1905, Young Acrobat on a Ball (The Pushin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow) and Family of Saltimbanques (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.).
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