Picasso's 1923 Bal de Mardi Gras
Artist
Anonymous
CultureFrench
DateMarch 18, 1956
MediumChromogenic print and ink
Dimensions10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
InscribedJ’ai signé ce tableau en Fevrier 1956, il est de 1923. Picasso Cannes A. M. le 14.3.56
Credit LineGift of the Walter P. Chrysler Papers, Jean Outland Chrysler Library
Object number2021.6
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a photograph of Pablo Picasso's 1923 painting, "Decoration for a Mardi-Gras Bal" (Chrysler Museum object 71.689). Two linear figures stand side-by-side on a color-blocked diamond shape with white, blue, and brown sections. The figure on the left is rendered in vertical and horizontal lines; it holds a fish in its right hand, and its feet have prongs like tridents. The figure on the right has triangles radiating from its body, and a large diamond-shaped belly. In its right hand, it holds a sign reading "BAL" in capital letters. The background is tan with black horizontal lines. On this photograph, an inscription in blue ink is written above the right shoulder of the figure on the left.ProvenanceTransfer from Jean Outland Chrysler Library and Archives to the Chrysler Museum collection, February 2021.
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