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Picasso checks on plates after they have been fired, examining each to see how it turned out. Here he holds plate with clown face.
Picasso checks on plates after they have been fired, examining each to see how it turned out. Here he holds plate with clown face.

Picasso checks on plates after they have been fired, examining each to see how it turned out. Here he holds plate with clown face.

Artist David Douglas Duncan (American, 1916 - 2018)
Date1956-1959; printed 2013
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 20 7/8 × 13 7/8 inches (53.02 × 35.24 cm)
Sheet: 24 × 20 1/16 inches (60.96 × 50.96 cm)
Credit LineGift of David Douglas Duncan
Object number2014.11.51
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Inscribednone
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DescriptionImage of Picasso smiling while holding up platter with painted clown face.
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Jacqueline sits on an empty box in basement of villa, which Picasso converted into engraver's printing plant, while he etches the copper plates of the bullfight series. Picasso works by the window revetment.
Jacqueline sits on an empty box in basement of villa, which Picasso converted into engraver's printing plant, while he etches the copper plates of the bullfight series. Picasso works by the window revetment.
David Douglas Duncan
1956-1959; printed 2013
2014.11.71
Picasso starts to paint plates. Above is bronze head of Dora Maar. African statue at left bought in Paris in early 1900's. Head of bronze crane (1951), whose body is broken blade of shovel, neck an old steel cable, topknot a gas-pipe turncock. Feet are old forks; beak is part of forceps wrench. Painted later.
Picasso starts to paint plates. Above is bronze head of Dora Maar. African statue at left bought in Paris in early 1900's. Head of bronze crane (1951), whose body is broken blade of shovel, neck an old steel cable, topknot a gas-pipe turncock. Feet are old forks; beak is part of forceps wrench. Painted later.
David Douglas Duncan
1956-1959; printed 2013
2014.11.17
Picasso painting aquatint copper plates of the entire pageant of a Spanish bullfight. He made twenty seven in three hours.
Picasso painting aquatint copper plates of the entire pageant of a Spanish bullfight. He made twenty seven in three hours.
David Douglas Duncan
1957; printed 2013
2014.11.64
image overall
Dewees Holds a "steamboat" he has made
H. N. Cady
1882
2005.27.3555
Picasso Starts to Paint Plates; Bronze Head of Dora Maar Above. Colors on Plates After Firing, and Examines Other Newly-painted Plates Before Firing
Picasso Starts to Paint Plates; Bronze Head of Dora Maar Above. Colors on Plates After Firing, and Examines Other Newly-painted Plates Before Firing
David Douglas Duncan
1958
R58-18/21 E
Picasso Starts to Paint Plates; Bronze Head of Dora Maar Above. Colors on Plates After Firing, and Examines Other Newly-painted Plates Before Firing
Picasso Starts to Paint Plates; Bronze Head of Dora Maar Above. Colors on Plates After Firing, and Examines Other Newly-painted Plates Before Firing
David Douglas Duncan
1958
R58-18/21 D
Picasso Starts to Paint Plates; Bronze Head of Dora Maar Above. Colors on Plates After Firing, and Examines Other Newly-painted Plates Before Firing
Picasso Starts to Paint Plates; Bronze Head of Dora Maar Above. Colors on Plates After Firing, and Examines Other Newly-painted Plates Before Firing
David Douglas Duncan
1958
R58-18/21 F
Picasso Starts to Paint Plates; Bronze Head of Dora Maar Above. Colors on Plates After Firing, and Examines Other Newly-painted Plates Before Firing
Picasso Starts to Paint Plates; Bronze Head of Dora Maar Above. Colors on Plates After Firing, and Examines Other Newly-painted Plates Before Firing
David Douglas Duncan
1958
R58-18/21 A
Picasso Starts to Paint Plates; Bronze Head of Dora Maar Above. Colors on Plates After Firing, and Examines Other Newly-painted Plates Before Firing
Picasso Starts to Paint Plates; Bronze Head of Dora Maar Above. Colors on Plates After Firing, and Examines Other Newly-painted Plates Before Firing
David Douglas Duncan
1958
R58-18/21 C
Picasso Starts to Paint Plates; Bronze Head of Dora Maar Above. Colors on Plates After Firing, and Examines Other Newly-painted Plates Before Firing
Picasso Starts to Paint Plates; Bronze Head of Dora Maar Above. Colors on Plates After Firing, and Examines Other Newly-painted Plates Before Firing
David Douglas Duncan
1958
R58-18/21 B
image overall
Carolyn, 55, holds her three-year-old daughter, Natasja, while Carolyn's mother, Marion, 85, holds Ntasja's three-month-old brother, Alexandre, Orange, California
Lauren Greenfield
2005; printed 2017
2022.20.41
Pablo Picasso with a Clown Mask
Pablo Picasso with a Clown Mask
David Douglas Duncan
1957; printed 2013
2014.11.65