  
  About the Artwork
  
  
  Picasso&acirc;&#128;&#153;s synthetic cubism is elegantly exemplified by these objects on a tilted pedestal table, painted by laying down dots and dashes with the tip of the brush. This painting may be a self-portrait in disguise: the elongated bottle resembles a harlequin, the artist&acirc;&#128;&#153;s favorite motif, and the trompe l&acirc;&#128;&#153;oeil nameplate with &acirc;&#128;&#156;Picasso&acirc;&#128;&#157; underscores this possibility. It is also supported by the silhouette of a blue bird, the still life&acirc;&#128;&#153;s secondary feature, thought to represent the expiring soul of Eva Gouel, the artist&acirc;&#128;&#153;s companion, then dying in a Paris hospital.
  
  
  Title
  Bottle of Anis del Mono
  
  
  Artwork Date
  1915
  
  Artist
  Pablo Picasso
  
  
  
  Life Dates
  1881-1973
  
  
  
  
  Nationality
  
  
  
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  Spanish
  
  
  
  Culture
  
  
  
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  Medium
  Oil on canvas
  
  
  Dimensions
  Unframed: 18 1/8 &Atilde;&#151; 21 1/2 inches (46 &Atilde;&#151; 54.6 cm)
  Framed: 24 1/4 &Atilde;&#151; 27 5/8 &Atilde;&#151; 3 1/8 inches (61.6 &Atilde;&#151; 70.2 &Atilde;&#151; 7.9 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Paintings
  
  
  Department
  European Modern Art to 1970
  
  
  Credit
  Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum&acirc;&#128;&#153;s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems&acirc;&#128;&#148;no longer assigned&acirc;&#128;&#148;that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  70.192
  
  
  Copyright
  Restricted
  
  
  
