JUNE 13–SEPTEMBER 12, 2010
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Works by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)
Academic Study from Life: Male Nude, from the Side, with a Pole; Sketch of Head and Bust of Male Figures, 1895–97
Pencil, Conté crayon, and ink on paper, 48.3 x 31.5 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 110.849)
An Artist (Portrait of Degas), 6 February 1968
Oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm
Private collection
The Artist’s Father, with a Copy of the Magazine “Gil Blas” in His Pocket, 1899
Crayon on paper, 30.5 x 24.7 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 110.032)
Bather, 1931
Bronze, height: 40 cm
Private collection. Courtesy Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte (55297)
Bather with Raised Arms, 1931
Bronze, height: 32.5 cm
Musée national Picasso, Paris (MP 304)
The Blue Room (The Tub), 1901
Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 61.6 cm
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Acquired 1927 (1554)
Boy’s Head, December 1902
Conté crayon and charcoal on paper, 31.2 x 23.5 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 110.529)
Brothel. Gossip, with a Parrot, Celestina, and the Portrait of Degas, 4 April 1971
Etching (Artist proof I/XV), 36.5 x 49 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 112.184)
Brothel. Scandalmongering. Profile of Degas Wrinkling His Nose, seventh state, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, 30, and 31 May and 2 June 1971
Etching, aquatint, drypoint, and scraper (Artist proof I/XV), 36.6 x 49.2 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 112.208)
The Couple, 1903
Pen and sepia ink on gold, yellowish paper, 23 x 18 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 110.499)
Degas among the Prostitutes. First Appearance of Degas, 11 March 1971
Etching (Artist proof I/XV), 36.5 x 49 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 112.231)
Degas Fantasizing. Faun Whispering in a Woman’s Ear, 11 April 1971
Sugar-lift aquatint with foul biting (Artist proof I/ XV), 36.5 x 49.1 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 112.213)
Degas Having Visions. Prostitute Listening to the Stories of Her Companions at Rest, 3 April 1971
Etching (Artist proof I/XV), 36.1 x 49.5 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 112.207)
Degas, in a Morning Coat, Drawing Himself in a Suit, among Prostitutes, 13 March 1971
Etching (Artist proof I/XV), 36.5 x 48.6 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 112.228)
Degas with Elasticized Boots and Two Prostitutes, One on an Upholstered Napoleon III Chair, 19–22 March 1971
Etching (Artist proof I/XV), 36.5 x 48.6 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 112.189)
The Divan, c. 1899
Charcoal, pastel, and colored pencil on varnished paper, 26.2 x 29.7 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 4.267)
The Dwarf, 1901
Oil on cardboard, 105 x 60 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 4.274)
The End of the Performance, 1901
Pastel on canvas, 73 x 47 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 4.270)
Female Nude, c. 1899
Charcoal on paper, 48.5 x 33 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 110.595)
The Frugal Repast, 1904
Etching, 46.1 x 37.8 cm
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts (1962.89)
Head of a Woman (Fernande Olivier), c. 1906
Bronze, height: 34 cm
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio. R. T. Miller Jr. Fund, 1955 (AMAM 1955.35)
In the Wings, 1925
Pencil on paper, 50.9 x 40.5 cm
Collection of the Vanech Family
Joan Vidal i Ventosa, 1899—1900
Charcoal, black pencil, and wash on paper, 47.5 x 28 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 70.802)
Lola, the Artist’s Sister, 1899
Charcoal and colored pencil on paper, 45 x 29.5 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 4.265)
The Madame-Abortionist and Three Prostitutes. Degas with His Hands behind His Back, second state, 1–4 May 1971
Etching (Artist proof I/XV), 36.7 x 49 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 112.234)
Man with Two Nude Women, 27 July 1968
Mezzotint, 31.5 x 39.5 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 70.566)
The Name Day of the Madame, Flowers and Kisses, Degas Enjoying Himself, 16 May 1971
Etching (Artist proof I/XV), 36.5 x 49.2 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 112.211)
Nude, from the Back, 1920–21
Charcoal on paper, 63.5 x 46.5 cm
Museum Ludwig, Cologne (ML/Z 1994/31)
Nude Wringing Her Hair, 7 October 1952
Oil on wood panel, 150.5 x 119.4 cm
Private collection
Pregnant Woman, 1950
Bronze, first state, height: 104.7 cm
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972 (HMSG 72.232)
Portrait of the Artist’s Father, 1896
Watercolor on paper, 25.5 x 17.8 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 110.331)
Portrait of Benedetta Canals, 1905
Oil and charcoal on canvas, 90 x 69.5 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 4.266)
Portrait of an Old Man, 1895
Oil on canvas, 58.5 x 42.8 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 110.014)
Portrait of Sebastià Junyer i Vidal, 1903
Oil on canvas, 126.4 x 94 cm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. David E. Bright Bequest (M.67.25.18)
Prostitute with a Bracelet and Degas with His Hands behind His Back, 30 March 1971
Etching (Artist proof I/XV), 36.7 x 49.1 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 112.233)
Related to “The Unknown Masterpiece”: Pourbus and the Young Poussin at Frenhofer’s, 30 September 1968
Aquatint and scraper, 22.5 x 32.5 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 112.023)
Running Woman, 1931–32
Plaster and wood, height: 52 cm
Private collection
Self-Portrait, 1896
Oil on canvas, 32.9 x 24 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 110.076)
Self-Portrait, 1899–1900
Charcoal and crayon on paper, 22.5 x 16.2 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 110.632)
Seven Dancers, 1919–20
Ink and watercolor on paper, 26.3 x 39.5 cm
Private collection
Standing Nude, 1907
Oil on canvas, 93 x 43 cm
Museo del Novecento, Milan (8750)
Stuffed Shirts, 1900
Oil on panel, 13.6 x 22.5 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird (Julia Appleton Bird) (1970.475)
Study for “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon,” 1907
Charcoal and pastel, 47.7 x 63.5 cm
Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett (1967.106)
Study of a Head Gazing Upward, December 1902
Conté crayon on paper, 31.2 x 24.3 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 110.530)
Three Studies of a Nude Woman, c. 1903
Pen and ink on paper, 17.9 x 23 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 110.496)
Two Dancers, 1919 (Summer)
Pencil on paper, 31 x 23.9 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The John S. Newberry Collection, 1963 (178.1963)
Two Seated Dancers, 1925
Pencil on paper, 50 x 40 cm
Private collection
Woman Combing Her Hair, 1906
Pencil and charcoal on paper, 55.8 x 40.7 cm
Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, England. Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection (UEA 7)
Woman in the Bath, 16 April 1921
Pencil on paper, 16 x 12 cm
Musée national Picasso, Paris (MP 959)
Woman Ironing, 1904
Oil on canvas, 116.2 x 73 cm
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Thannhauser Collection, Gift, Justin K. Thannhauser, 1978 (78.2514.41)
Woman Plaiting Her Hair, 1906
Bronze, height: 41.6 cm
The Baltimore Museum of Art. The Cone Collection formed by Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland (BMA 1950.452)
Woman Plaiting Her Hair, 1906
Oil on canvas, 127 x 90.8 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Florene May Schoenborn Bequest, 1996 (826.1996)
Woman Washing Her Feet, 10 July 1944
Ink on paper, 50.8 x 33.6 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase, 1953 (186.1953)
Women at Their Toilette with Degas Musing, 15 March 1971
Etching (Artist proof I/XV), 36.5 x 49 cm
Museu Picasso, Barcelona (MPB 112.273)
Works by Edgar Degas (1834–1917)
Admiration, c. 1876–77
Monotype, 21.5 x 16.1 cm
Bibliothèque de l’Institut national d’histoire de l’art, Paris. Collections Jacques Doucet (EM DEGAS 3)
After the Bath, c. 1891–92
Charcoal on yellow tracing paper, 35.2 x 25.4 cm
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts (1955.1408)
At the Café Châteaudun, c. 1869–71
Pencil and oil (essence) on paper, mounted on canvas, 23.7 x 19 cm
The National Gallery, London. Presented by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilmers, 1991 (NG6536)
Carlo Pellegrini, c. 1876–77
Oil on paper mounted on board, 63.2 x 34 cm
Tate, London. Presented by the Art Fund, 1916 (N03157)
Combing the Hair (La Coiffure), c. 1896
Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 146.7 cm
The National Gallery, London. Bought, 1937 (NG4865)
Conversation, c. 1876–77
Monotype, 16 x 12.1 cm
Private collection, Switzerland
Dancers in the Classroom, c. 1880
Oil on canvas, 39.4 x 88.4 cm
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts (1955.562)
Dressed Dancer at Rest, Hands behind Her Back, Right Leg Forward, c. 1895
Bronze, height: 42.9 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.392)
Entrance of the Masked Dancers, c. 1884
Pastel on gray-brown paper, 49 x 64.7 cm
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts (1955.559)
Fourth Position Front, On the Left Leg, c. 1880s
Bronze, height: 57.5 cm
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts (1955.49)
Giulia Bellelli, Study for “The Bellelli Family,” c. 1858–59
Essence and pencil on buff wove paper, 36.2 x 24.8 cm
Dumbarton Oaks House Collection, Washington, D.C. (HC.P.1937.12.[E])
Grand Arabesque, First Time, c. 1880s
Bronze, height: 48.2 cm
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts (1955.46)
Grand Arabesque, Second Time, c. 1880s
Bronze, height: 48.2 cm
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts (1955.47)
Head of a Woman (Mlle Salle), 1892
Bronze, height: 25.5 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Bequest of Margarett Sargent McKean (1979.509)
In a Café (L’Absinthe), 1875–76
Oil on canvas, 92 x 68.5 cm
Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Bequest of Comte Isaac de Camondo, 1911 (RF 1984)
Leaving the Bath, 1879–80
Drypoint and aquatint, 12.8 x 12.8 cm
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts (1969.19)
Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, 1879–81
Bronze, with gauze tutu and silk ribbon, on wooden base, height: 99 cm
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts (1955.45)
Nude Study for “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen,” c. 1878
Bronze, height: 72.4 cm
The National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh (NG 1624)
Nude Woman Drying Herself, c. 1884–86
Oil on canvas, 150.8 x 213.7 cm
Brooklyn Museum, New York. Carll H. de Silver Fund (31.813)
Pregnant Woman, c. 1896–1911
Bronze, height: 43.2 cm
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981 (HMSG 86.1415)
Resting on the Bed, c. 1876–77
Monotype, 12.1 x 15.9 cm
Private collection, Switzerland
Roman Beggar Woman, 1857
Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 75.2 cm
Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, England (1960P44)
Self-Portrait, c. 1857–58
Oil on paper, mounted on canvas, 26 x 19 cm
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts (1955.544)
Self-Portrait, c. 1895
Original print with modifications, possibly made by Picasso. Inscribed on the reverse in Picasso’s hand “Portrait P.H. / de E. Degas,” 18.2 x 24.2 cm
Private collection. Courtesy Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte
Singers on the Stage, 1877–79
Pastel over monotype on ivory wove paper, laid down on board, 16 x 21 cm
The Art Institute of Chicago. Bequest of Mrs. Clive Runnells (1977.773)
Sleep, c. 1879–83
Monotype, 27.6 x 37.8 cm
British Museum, London (BM 1949-4-11-2425)
Song of the Dog, c. 1876–77
Crayon lithograph, 37 x 26.6 cm
Lent by Nicholas Stogdon
Standing Nude, c. 1860–65
Pencil on paper, 29.2 x 21.7 cm
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts (1955.1847)
Studies for the “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen” (Nude), c. 1878–80
Charcoal heightened with white chalk on gray paper; stamped with red signature lower right, 48 x 63 cm
Private collection, London
Study for “Dante and Virgil,” c. 1856–57
Pencil and chalk on paper, 30.8 x 22.5 cm
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts (1955.1403)
Three Ballet Dancers, c. 1878–80
Monotype, 20 x 41.7 cm
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts (1955.1386)
The Tub, c. 1876–77
Monotype, 42 x 54.1 cm
Bibliothèque de l’Institut national d’histoire de l’art, Paris. Collections Jacques Doucet (EM DEGAS 4)
The Tub, c. 1878–80
Monotype, 16 x 21.1 cm
Private collection
The Tub, c. 1889
Bronze, height: 22.2 cm
The National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh (NG 2286)
Two Dancers in the Wings, c. 1880–95
Pastel on paper mounted on cardboard on a wooden stretcher, 59 x 46.4 cm
Private collection
Two Portrait Studies of a Man, c. 1856–57
Pencil and stumping with slight touches of white heightening on burnt-rose paper, 44.8 x 22.6 cm
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts (1955.1393)
Two Women, c. 1876–77
Monotype, 16.3 x 11.9 cm
Bibliothèque de l’Institut national d’histoire de l’art, Paris. Collections Jacques Doucet (EM DEGAS 10)
Woman Arranging Her Hair (La Coiffure), c. 1896–1911
Bronze, height: 46.7 cm
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966 (HMSG 66.1305)
Woman Brushing Her Hair, c. 1885–90
Oil on canvas, 74 x 61 cm
The Kreeger Museum, Washington, D.C. (1964.4)
Woman Combing Her Hair, c. 1896–99
Charcoal and pastel on tracing paper, 109 x 76.3 cm
Private collection
Woman Drying Herself, c. 1891–92
Lithograph, 33.1 x 24.8 cm
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts (1962.38)
Woman Ironing, 1876–87
Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 66 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (1972.74.1)
Woman Standing in a Bathtub, 1890–92
Charcoal on yellow tracing paper, 43.7 x 30 cm
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts (1955.1394)
Woman with an Umbrella (Berthe Jeantaud), c. 1876
Oil on canvas, 61 x 50.2 cm
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 1969 (inv no. 15838)
Picasso Looks at Degas
By Elizabeth Cowling and Richard Kendall
With additional contributions by Cécile Godefroy, Sarah Lees, and Montse Torras
The great Spanish painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) exhibited a lifelong fascination—some might say "obsession"—with the work and personality of French artist Edgar Degas (1834–1917). In this groundbreaking study, noted Degas scholar Richard Kendall and Picasso expert Elizabeth Cowling present well-documented instances of Picasso's direct responses to Degas's work, as well as more conceptual and challenging affinities between their oeuvres. Richly illustrated essays explore the artists' parallel interests in subjects including modern urban life, ballet dancers, and intimate activities such as bathing, as well as in the mediums of photography and sculpture. The book also provides the first extended analysis of Picasso's engagement with Degas's art in his final years, when he acquired several of the French artist's brothel monotypes and reworked some of them in his own prints. Offering many fresh ideas and a significant amount of new material about two of the most popular and influential artists of the modern era, this handsome book promises to make a lasting contribution to the literature on both artists.
Elizabeth Cowling is Professor Emeritus of History of Art at Edinburgh University, and an independent scholar and exhibition curator. Richard Kendall is Curator-at-Large at the Clark, as well as an independent scholar and exhibition curator. Cécile Godefroy is a researcher at the Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte in Madrid. Sarah Lees is Associate Curator of European Art at the Clark. Montse Torras is Exhibitions Coordinator at the Museu Picasso in Barcelona.
368 pages, 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
310 color and 9 black-and-white illustrations
2010
Published by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
and the Museu Picasso, Barcelona
ISBN 978-0-300-13412-4
ISBN 978-0-931102-86-8