About the Artwork
Still Life with Lobster
1943
Pablo Picasso (Artist) Spanish, 1881-1973 Roger Lacourière (Artist) French, 1892-1966 Roger Lacourière (Printer) French, 1892-1966
Aquatint printed in color ink on laid paper
Plate: 10 1/2 × 18 1/8 inches (26.7 × 46 cm) Sheet: 15 1/4 × 22 1/8 inches (38.7 × 56.2 cm)
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Founders Society Purchase, Elliott T. Slocum Fund
46.144
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Markings
Signed, individually by Lacouriere and Picasso (see inscriptions)
Inscribed, in pencil, within plate mark, lower left: Grave et imprime par R. Lacouriere Paris 43 Inscribed, lower right: Picasso Inscribed, lower left: 52/100 Inscribed, in pencil, verso: N.Y. 68( )9-G
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1946-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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Roger Lacourière; after Pablo Picasso, Still Life with Lobster, 1943, aquatint printed in color ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Elliott T. Slocum Fund, 46.144.
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