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Pablo Picasso
The Cat1936

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Etching of a seated, shaggy domestic cat facing forward, rendered in dense curling lines with gray wash, captioned 'LE CHAT' below

Pablo Picasso, The Cat, 1936, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Pablo Picasso
Spain, 1881-1973, active France
Title
The Cat
Place Made
Spain
Date Made
1936
Medium
Sugar-lift aquatint
Dimensions
Sheet: 17 3/8 × 13 1/4 in. (44.13 × 33.66 cm) Image: 15 3/8 × 10 3/8 in. (39.05 × 26.35 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.82.196.6
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso: Catalogue de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie. Bern: Kornfeld and Klipstein, 1963.
  • Baer, Brigitte; Geiser, Bernhard. Picasso, Peintre-Graveur. Berne: Editions Kornfeld, 1990.
  • Phil Freshman. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Report, July 1, 1981-June 30, 1983. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
Copyright
© Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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