PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Les Pauvres, from La suite des Saltimbanques
etching, on Van Gelder paper, 1905, Baer's second (final) state, from the edition of 250 on this paper (there were also 27 or 29 impressions on Japon paper), published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1913
Image: 9¹⁄₄ x 7 in. (235 x 178 mm.)
Sheet: 20¹⁄₈ x 12⁷⁄₈ in. (511 x 327 mm.)

Liverpool City Libraries (not in Lugt)

Bloch 3; Baer 4

Picasso, Braque and Léger: 20th Century Modern Masters: Exhibition of 100 Masterworks, The Forest Lawn Museum, Los Angeles, September 15, 2012 - January 1, 2013; 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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The series of fifteen etchings and drypoints famously known as La suite des Saltimbanques are Picasso's first printed works. They encompass the most important subjects that preoccupied him during the beginning of his career. Bohemianism, poverty and the theatrical world are all the themes that inspired his work during the Rose and Blue periods.