PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
La Toilette de la mère, from La suite des Saltimbanques
etching, on Van Gelder paper, 1905, from the edition of 250 on this paper (there were also 27 or 29 impressions on Japon paper), published by Ambroise Vollard, 1913
Image: 9¹⁄₄ x 7 in. (235 x 178 mm.)
Sheet: 19⁵⁄₈ x 12³⁄₄ in. (500 x 324 mm.)

Bloch 13; Baer 15

Picasso, Braque and Léger: 20th Century Modern Masters: Exhibition of 100 Masterworks, The Oglethorpe Museum of Art, Atlanta, September 8 – December 8, 2013; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, September 24- November 27, 2016; The Hyde Collection, Glen Falls, New York, October 6, 2019 – January 5, 2020.

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Picasso first encountered the wandering acrobats of Paris on the Place des Invalides in 1904. The lives of the so-called saltimbanques, who had performed in the squares of Paris since the 15th century, paralleled that of bohemian artists, as they too lived vicariously by their art. Despite the harsh reality of their impoverished existence, Picasso portrayed them with an almost otherworldly grace in intimate scenes of family life, portraits and theatrical tableaus.