Cleveland Museum of Art
The Frugal Meal
Pablo PicassoLinkedCulture matchlcp-84120c0b3380
- Date
- September 1904, printed 1913
- Medium
- etching
- Culture
- Spain, 20th century
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 111385
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
In this early print, Pablo Picasso depicted a couple—possibly two performers—sitting before a meager meal. Although the woman gazes forward directly, her male companion's unfocused stare suggests his blindness. This subject was one that Picasso explored during his Blue Period (1901–4), a stage of his career when he used a predominantly cool palette to depict figures marginalized by society. To create this print, Pablo Picasso recycled a zinc plate previously used by a friend.
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- Credit line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Provenance
- ?-1929: (C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1929-: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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