Pablo PICASSO

The ram
(Le Bélier)
1936; printed 1942
plate 4 from the Eaux-fortes originales pour les textes de Buffon (Original etching for the texts of Buffon) series 1942

Medium

sugar aquatint and drypoint

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1969
© Pablo Picasso/Sussession Pablo Picasso. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Reproduction requests

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

sugar aquatint and drypoint

Measurements

28.4 × 22.6 cm irreg. (image) 36.5 × 27.9 cm (sheet)

Place/s of Execution

Paris, France

Catalogue/s Raisonné

Baer 579.II.B.b.5; Bloch 332

Edition

2nd of 2 states, edition of 136

Printing/Publishing

printed by Roger Lacourière, Paris; published by Martin Fabiani, Paris

Inscription

printed in ink Picasso (underlined)
stamped in red ink on reverse National Gallery of Victoria
inscribed in pencil on reverse 8 (in a circle)
inscribed in pencil on reverse 6550

Accession Number

P15-1969

Departments

International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1969
© Pablo Picasso/Sussession Pablo Picasso. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Reproduction requests

Gallery location

Not on display

Subjects (general)

Animals

Subjects (specific)

black-and-white (colours) domestic sheep (species) horns (animal components) rams (animals) wool (hair material)

Browse by artist name

Pablo PICASSO The ram (Le Bélier) 1936; printed 1942 plate 4 from the Eaux-fortes originales pour les textes de Buffon (Original etching for the texts of Buffon) series 1942

Artwork Details

Discover more

Explore the collection

Follow the NGV

Pablo PICASSO

The ram
(Le Bélier)
1936; printed 1942
plate 4 from the Eaux-fortes originales pour les textes de Buffon (Original etching for the texts of Buffon) series 1942