La Dormeuse

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Artist/Maker	Pablo Picasso (artist)
Place of origin	France (designed and printed)

Lithograph of two nude females; one resting with her eyes closed and her hand resting on her face, whilst the other woman sits, holding her leg with one hand and pointing a finger towards her mouth with the other

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Categories	Prints Nude Body Art
Object type	Print
Titles	La Dormeuse (assigned by artist) The Sleeping Woman (alternative title)
Materials and techniques	Lithograph print Paper Printing Ink Lithograph
Brief description	'La Dormeuse, lithograph by Pablo Picasso, 1947.
Physical description	Lithograph of two nude females; one resting with her eyes closed and her hand resting on her face, whilst the other woman sits, holding her leg with one hand and pointing a finger towards her mouth with the other
Dimensions	Height: 647.7mm (Note: Taken from the departmental circulation registration 1948) Width: 508mm (Note: Taken from the departmental circulation registration 1948) 2 feet 1 1/2 inches x 1 foot 8 inches / 64.3 x 50cm from catalogue
Production type	Limited edition
Copy number	17/50
Marks and inscriptions	Signed in blue chalk: Picasso Dated in the plate: Dimanche 23.3.47
Associations	Simon Daniel-Henry
Associated objects	circ.295-1948 (Source) circ.297-1948 (Source) circ.298-1948 (Source) circ.299-1948 (Source) circ.300-1948 (Source)
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 435
Other number	B.435 - Le Peintre-Graveur
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.296-1948

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1036308/la-dormeuse-print-pablo-picasso/

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