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Pablo Picasso
Spanish, 1881-1973
Le Pichet noir et la tête de mort (The Black Pitcher and Death's Head), 1946
lithograph
Edition: 50/50
image area: 12 5/8 x 17 3/8 inches (32.07 x 44.13 cm); sheet: 13 x 17 3/8 inches (33.02 x 44.13 cm)
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Gift of Frederic P. Norton, 2000
P2000:1.20
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collection of Frederic P. Norton;donated to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 2000
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Pablo Picasso executed the jug, human skull, and open book on a table that fill the somber and restrained scene in The Black Pitcher and Death's Head in a series of curvilinear rhythms and contrasts of lights and darks. Working in the Paris studio of Fernand Mourlot (French, 1895–1988), Picasso used a lithographic crayon and ink, which he then scraped back with a tool in a number of areas to achieve the composition’s highlights and sharp definition.
Label from Picasso: The Artist and His Models, November 5, 2016–February 19, 2017
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