Art, literature & historyPique I
1959
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- linocut, proof in dark brown over tan background on thin card, the tan background from the same irregularly curved plate, but now solidly printed on thin card (with a non-Picasso design on the reverse); the card has been cut to the edges of the image, probably to correct registration problems as the overlap of the dark brown image is not shown in places [medium description by AR]
- Dimensions
- image: 16.2 x 22.2 cm (6 3/8 x 8 3/4 in.) (cut to image)
- Collection no.
- 2010.80.2
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Pique I — Pablo Picasso. 1959.
Medium: linocut, proof in dark brown over tan background on thin card, the tan background from the same irregularly curved plate, but now solidly printed on thin card (with a non-Picasso design on the reverse); the card has been cut to the edges of the image, probably to correct registration problems as the overlap of the dark brown image is not shown in places [medium description by AR].
Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 16.2 x 22.2 cm (6 3/8 x 8 3/4 in.) (cut to image).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2010.80.2. Daryl Reich Rubenstein Memorial Fund and Robison Fund.
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.