The Frugal Repast (Le repas frugal)
1904, published 1913
Medium
etching on wove Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
sheet: 65.7 x 50.7 cm (25 7/8 x 19 15/16 in.) plate: 46.2 x 37.8 cm (18 3/16 x 14 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The John U. and Evelyn S. Nef Collection
Accession Number
2011.60.50
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Pablo Picasso · 1881–1973
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), born Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso in Málaga, Spain, was the son of José Ruiz Blasco, a painter and art professor who served as his first teacher. From age seven, Picasso trained under his father in figure drawing and oil painting, mastering naturalistic techniques by copying mas...