The Bull
January 2, 1946
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
Not on View

The Norton Simon Museum is noted for its collection of Picasso's graphic works. Among them are prime examples of the artist's progressive suites -- groups of lithographs reworked several times to create a successive group of images. Outstanding among these progressive suites is the series entitled "Le Taureau," or "The Bull," a sequence of states beginning with a realistic representation of a bull and ending with a stunning simplification of that form. In this group alone, Picasso clearly demonstrates why he is both a classical master draughtsman and the revolutionary creator of modern art.

Details

  • Artist Name: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
  • Title: The Bull
  • Date: January 2, 1946
  • Medium: Lithograph on paper
  • Edition: 8th state, 1 of 18 artist reserved proofs
  • Dimensions: comp: 12 x 17 in. (30.5 x 43.2 cm); sheet: 12-7/8 x 17-1/2 in. (32.7 x 44.5 cm)
  • Credit Line: Norton Simon Art Foundation
  • Accession Number: M.1977.08.3.08.G
  • Copyright: © Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Object Information

Picasso's Toros

  • Norton Simon Museum, 2005-03-11 to 2005-07-18

Seven Decades of Picasso

  • Norton Simon Museum, 1979-10-11 to 1980

The World of Picasso

  • Norton Simon Museum, 1994-03-24 to 1994-11-06

Seven Decades of Picasso

  • Norton Simon Museum, 1984 to 1986

States of Mind: Picasso Lithographs 1945-1960

  • Norton Simon Museum, 2016-10-14 to 2017-02-13
  • Mourlot, Fernand, Picasso Lithographs, 1970, no. 17
  • Campbell, Sara, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best, 2010, cat. 1413 p. 404

Additional Artwork by Artist

La Table, Plate II in "Saint Matorel" by Max Jacob Pablo Picasso 1910 (published 1911)
Long-Haired Young Girl Pablo Picasso November 6, 1945
Long-Haired Young Girl Pablo Picasso November 7, 1945

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