Young Sculptor Finishing a Plaster (Jeune sculpteur finissant un plâtre)

1933

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: etching in black on Montval laid paper [printed in 1939 by Roger Lacourière]
Dimensions: plate: 26.7 x 19.3 cm (10 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.) sheet: 50.1 x 38.5 cm (19 3/4 x 15 3/16 in.)
Collection no.: 1950.16.113
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Young Sculptor Finishing a Plaster (Jeune sculpteur finissant un plâtre) — Pablo Picasso. 1933.

Medium: etching in black on Montval laid paper [printed in 1939 by Roger Lacourière].

Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 26.7 x 19.3 cm (10 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.) sheet: 50.1 x 38.5 cm (19 3/4 x 15 3/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1950.16.113. 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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