Seated Saltimbanque

Pablo Picasso|Louis Fort|Ambroise Vollard

1905, printed 1913 · Drypoint · Drawings and Prints

Picasso convincingly conveys the heft of this seated circus performer with the utmost economy of line. He recast the rotund jester in the important 1905 painting Family of Saltimbanques (National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.), where he is, however, no longer seated but standing wearing a vibrant red leotard.

Artist

Pablo Picasso|Louis Fort|Ambroise Vollard

Date

1905, printed 1913

Medium

Drypoint

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982