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Pablo Picasso
The Mother Hen1936

Not on view
Etching or drypoint print of a hen surrounded by chicks on a straw nest, rendered in dense black ink lines with gray wash, with hand-lettered text reading 'LA MEREPOULE' below
Artist or Maker
Pablo Picasso
Spain, 1881-1973, active France
Title
The Mother Hen
Place Made
Spain
Date Made
1936
Medium
Sugar-lift aquatint
Dimensions
Sheet: 17 1/2 × 13 1/4 in. (44.45 × 33.66 cm) Image: 16 1/4 × 12 3/8 in. (41.28 × 31.43 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.82.196.18
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