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Le Cirque

Print
1947 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Pablo Picasso (artist)
Place of origin
France (Designed and printed)

Lithograph of a circus scene with a crowd watching

Object details

Categories
Prints
Entertainment & Leisure
Circus
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Le Cirque (assigned by artist)
  • The Circus
Materials and techniques
Lithograph print
Lithographic Ink
Lithography
Brief description
'Le Cirque', lithograph by Pablo Picasso, 1945.
Physical description
Lithograph of a circus scene with a crowd watching
Dimensions
  • Height: 431.8mm (Note: Taken from the departmental circulation registration 1948)
  • Width: 330.2mm (Note: Taken from the departmental circulation registration 1948)
Dimensions from catalogue: 1 foot 5 inches x 1 foot 1 inch
Marks and inscriptions
  • Signed in pencil: Picasso
  • Numbered: 21/50
Associations
Simon
Daniel-Henry
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from the departmental circulation registration 1948
  • Georges Bloch, Pablo Picasso Catalogue de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie, Vol. I, 1904-1967, Vol. II, 1966-1069, Berne, 1968, 1971. Bloch 385 second state
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.297-1948

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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