id: 127208
accession number: 1949.527
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Mother and Child (Study for Mother and Child), 1921. Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973). Pencil on paper; sheet: 24.8 x 32.1 cm (9 3/4 x 12 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1949.527 © Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
title: Mother and Child (Study for Mother and Child)
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creation date: 1921
creation date earliest: 1921
creation date latest: 1921
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creditline: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection
copyright: © Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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culture: Spain, 20th century
technique: pencil on paper
department: Drawings
collection: DR - Spanish
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) - artist
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881-1973), the most prolific and influential artist of the 20th century, shifted the emphasis of art from its traditional concern with beauty toward radical innovation. The son of an art teacher, Picasso demonstrated remarkable talents as a child and entered the royal art academy in Madrid at age sixteen. Less than a year later, he abandoned his studies and soon joined several avant-garde artist and anarchist groups in Barcelona and Paris. After passing through a succession of stylistic periods, most notably the Blue (1901-1904) and Rose (1904-1906) Periods, he collaborated with Georges Braque (1882-1963) in 1908 to invent Cubism, a revolutionary method of restructuring pictorial space. Picasso remained active until his death in 1973. Although his art still appears radical, many of his works are over one hundred years old. Cubism, perhaps the most important development in 20th-century art, was invented around 1908 by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) and Georges Braque (1882-1963). The most revolutionary aspect of the style was not its obvious emphasis on geometric form; rather, it was the introduction of a radically new approach to configuring pictorial space. Since the Renaissance, artists had used various methods to create the illusion of distant space receding behind the canvas surface. The Cubists rejected that idea and collapsed space by compressing foreground, middle ground, and background into a continuous web of overlapping, intersecting planes. During the 1910s, other painters and sculptors embraced or adapted Cubism to their own ends. This revolutionary approach inspired a host of related movements and continues to influence the visual language of artists, architects, and designers throughout the world.
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measurements: Sheet: 24.8 x 32.1 cm (9 3/4 x 12 5/8 in.)
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inscription: signed, in pencil, lower right: Picasso; watermark: VIDALON-LES-ANNONAY A CRAYON ANCNE MANUFRE CANSON
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Aspects of Drawing
opening date: 1961-01-10T05:00:00
Aspects of Drawing. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 10-April 2, 1961).
title: Circa 1930
opening date: 1983-04-12T05:00:00
Circa 1930. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 12-October 31, 1983).
title: Picasso's Classicism
opening date: 1988-04-17T04:00:00
Picasso's Classicism. Kunsthalle Bielefeld, D-33602 Bielefeld, Germany (organizer) (April 17-July 31, 1988).
title: Directions in Drawing: 1750-1988
opening date: 1991-04-02T05:00:00
Directions in Drawing: 1750-1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).
title: French Drawings from the Collection
opening date: 1994-12-13T05:00:00
French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).
title: Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2006-05-27T00:00:00
Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Pablo Picasso. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (February 6-March 1, 1934).', 'opening_date': '1934-02-06T05:00:00Z'}
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PROVENANCE
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: by 1934-1949
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1949-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Zervos, Christian. Pablo Picasso. Paris: Cahiers d'art, 1932.
page number: Mentioned: no. 176; Reproduced: pl. 85
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Pablo Picasso. Exh. Cat. Hartford, CT: Wadsworth Atheneum, 1934.
page number: Mentioned: no. 128
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Weisner, Ulrich. Picassos Klassizismus. Exh. Cat. Bielefeld: Kunsthalle Bielefeld, 1988.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 250, 325, no. 51
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Chipp, Herschel Browning , Alan Wofsy, and Fernand Mourlot. Picasso's paintings, watercolors, drawings and sculpture: a comprehensive illustrated catalogue, 1885-1973. San Francisco, CA: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1995.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: vol. 2, p. 222, no. 21-193
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