New Old Stock that has been stored in a plastic sleeve since the 1960s
Vintage 1905 Lithograph of Two Harlequins by Pablo Picasso
The painting shown is Acrobat and Young Harlequin by Pablo Picasso, also known as "The Two Saltimbanques." It was created in 1905 during the artist's Rose Period. This work is a study for his larger and more famous painting, "Family of Saltimbanques," which depicts a group of six circus performers in a desolate landscape.
About the Painting
- Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973).
- Date: 1905.
- Period: Picasso's Rose Period.
- Subject: The term "saltimbanque" is a French word for an itinerant circus performer, derived from the Italian for "someone who leaps atop a bench".
- Interpretation: The figures in the image, a harlequin and a boy, are thought to represent Picasso and his friend, the poet Max Jacob. This painting and others from the Rose Period are often seen as reflecting the lives of struggling, isolated artists, a feeling with which Picasso identified at the time.
- Location: The larger work, "Family of Saltimbanques," is housed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.