Guernica, study.
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Title |
Guernica, study. |
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Creator |
Picasso, Pablo (Spanish painter, sculptor, and printmaker, 1881-1973) |
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Date |
1937 |
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Cultural Context |
Spanish
European
Western European |
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Style/Period |
Cubist
Modern (styles and periods) |
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Subject |
Studies (Visual works)
Civil wars
War
Politics & government
Political issues
Dictators
Nazis
Fascism
Civilization
Bombings
War destruction & pillage
Death
Despair
Distress
Grief
Infants
Children
Women
Mothers
Breasts
Families
Animals
Horses
Teeth |
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Description |
"Picasso did forty-five studies for Guernica. The one illustrated here shows the dying horse and the mother with the dead child. They have been changed in the final painting, although they retain their basic character. The Cubist neck of the horse has a stronger curve in the drawing, and its protruding teeth seem to hang from the mouth. The woman howls in despair as in the painting, but in the drawing she crawls on the ground and the baby flops over like a rag doll. Picasso's spontaneous, dynamic drawing technique is evident in this study, particularly in the horse's mane and the areas of shading. The individualized anguish of the figures in the drawing becomes generalized, and thus - as with the Demoiselles d'Avignon - assumes mythic proportions in the final work." (Excerpt, p.895) |
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Location Depicted |
Guernica (Spain)
Spain |
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Material |
Pencils (drawing and writing equipment) |
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Measurements |
9 1/2 x 17 7/8 in (24.1 x 45.4 cm) |
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Technique |
Drawing (image-making) |
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Work Type |
Drawings
Pencil works
Studies (Visual works) |
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Repository |
Museo del Prado [Museo Nacional de Pintura y Escultura] (Madrid, Spain) |
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Source |
Adams, Laurie Schneider. Art Across Time. 2nd ed. 2 vols. New York: McGraw, 2002. (p.895, 25.13). |
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Rights |
Photograph reproduced in Adams courtesy: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Photographic Archive, Madrid, Spain. © 2001 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. |
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Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
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Format |
image/jpeg |
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Digital File Name |
VRC 437-41.jpg |
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