Object of the Day

Picasso's Cubistic Banjo

February 2

Pablo Picasso's cubistic composition, Nature Mort, shows a banjo and other objects on a table. Number 24 of a limited edition of 99, hand-printed by George Lockwood from the original woodblock designed by Pablo Picasso and cut by Georges Aubert for the publisher Ambroise Vollard.

Nature Mort

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Vertical rectangle. Cubistic composition sohwing a banjo and other objects on a table. Number 24 of a limited edition of 99, hand-printed by George Lockwood from the original woodblock designed by Picasso and cut by Georges Aubert for the publisher Ambroise Vollard.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Maker
Georges Aubert, French
Designer
Pablo Picasso, (Spanish, 1881–1973)
Date
1961
Medium
Black ink on papier d'Arches, wood engraving
Dimensions
H x W: 55 × 38 cm (21 5/8 × 14 15/16 in.)
Object Name
Print
Type
Print