Pablo Picasso

The Diver (La Plongeuse)

1932

Dating
Exact year
Held at
National Gallery of Art
Medium
etching over cut and pasted colored papers, printed chine collé, on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 13.9 × 11.3 cm (5 1/2 × 4 7/16 in.) sheet: 33 × 25 cm (13 × 9 13/16 in.)
Collection no.
1950.17.235
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

The Diver (La Plongeuse) — Pablo Picasso. 1932.

Medium: etching over cut and pasted colored papers, printed chine collé, on wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 13.9 × 11.3 cm (5 1/2 × 4 7/16 in.) sheet: 33 × 25 cm (13 × 9 13/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1950.17.235. Rosenwald Collection.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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