Mask of a Picador with a Broken Nose
Date
(1903)/cast later (1950s-60s)
Artist
Pablo Picasso, Spanish, b. Málaga, 1881–1973
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, to 8 May 1963
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 8 May 1963-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
ART GALLERY OF TORONTO. "Picasso and Man," 11 January-16 February 1964, no. 16, ill. p. 37. TOUR: MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 28 February-31 March 1964.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, no. 178.
KUNSTMUSEUM, Bern. "The Early Picasso," 9 December 1984-3 March 1985.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. "Picasso: The Early Years, 1892-1906," 30 March-27 July 1997, cat. no. 95, p. 359, colorpl. 95, p. 192. TOUR: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, 10 September 1997-4 January 1998.
CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU, Paris. "Picasso Sculpteur," 7 June-25 September 2000, cat. no. 3-II, p. 394, no. 3, ill. p. 346.
KUNSTHALLE BIELEFELD, Germany. "Picasso 1905 in Paris," 25 September 2011 - 15 January 2012.
Published References
SPIES, WERNER. Picasso Sculpture (London: Thames & Hudson, 1972), no. 3, ill. p. 30, p. 301
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), p. 733, ill. p. 135.
SPIES, WERNER. Picasso: Das Plastische Werk (Berlin: Nationalgalerie, 1983), no. 4, ill. pp. 21, 326, p. 372
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School
Spanish Modernism
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.4055
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
7 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 4 1/2 in. (19.5 x 14.7 x 11.5 cm)
