Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
printed by Hidalgo Arnéra (French, 1922-2007)
Still-Life with Lunch I
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Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
printed by Hidalgo Arnéra (French, 1922-2007)1962, printed April 1, 1962
Still-Life with Lunch I
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) printed by Hidalgo Arnéra (French, 1922-2007) →Cubismlinocutprint
Date
1962, printed April 1, 1962
Medium
Linocut in reddish brown on ivory wove paper; verso: linocut in rose-beige
Dimensions
Block: 64 × 53 cm (25 1/4 × 20 7/8 in.); Sheet: 95.5 × 62.3 cm (37 5/8 × 24 9/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Stacia Fischer Bequest Fund
Over a period of five years, Picasso worked with the printer Hildalgo Arnéra (1922–1927) to produce hundreds of linocuts with a printmaking process using a simple linoleum block, a common material in kitchen flooring. The printer described their working method: “Picasso worked at night; in the morning, Marcel the chauffeur brought what he had completed to the print shop with notes added by Jacqueline Roque [Picasso’s wife]. I pulled the proofs and returned them to [his home] La Californie at exactly 1:30.” This idiosyncratic procedure attests to the collaborative effort of Picasso’s printmaking ventures.
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