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Pablo Picasso
The Butterfly1936

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Monotype or lithograph print of a large butterfly hovering over roses and leafy stems, with blotted gray washes and black ink, text below reading 'LE PAPILLON'

Pablo Picasso, The Butterfly, 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 Butterfly
Place Made
Spain
Date Made
1936
Medium
Sugar-lift aquatint
Dimensions
Sheet: 17 1/4 × 13 3/8 in. (43.82 × 33.97 cm) Image: 15 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (39.37 × 26.67 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.82.196.23
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Phil Freshman. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Report, July 1, 1981-June 30, 1983. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
  • Baer, Brigitte; Geiser, Bernhard. Picasso, Peintre-Graveur. Berne: Editions Kornfeld, 1990.
  • Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso: Catalogue de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie. Bern: Kornfeld and Klipstein, 1963.
Copyright
© Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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