Picasso and Paper
Exhibition
Still Life Under a Lamp, Mougins, March 19, 1962 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973), Galerie Louise Leiris. Color linocut on wove paper; image: 52.8 x 63.8 cm (20 13/16 x 25 1/8 in.); sheet: 62 x 74.8 cm (24 7/16 x 29 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1984.61 © 2024 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Discover Picasso’s experimental use of paper, from collages to sculpture, in this comprehensive exhibition of his artworks.
Pablo Picasso’s prolonged engagement with paper is the subject of this groundbreaking exhibition organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in partnership with the Musée national Picasso-Paris. Showcasing nearly 300 works spanning the artist’s career, the exhibition highlights Picasso’s relentless exploration of paper.
His appreciation of and experimentation with the material is revealed in works ranging from collages of cut-and-pasted papers to sculptures from pieces of torn and burnt paper, manipulated photographs, drawings in virtually all available media, and prints in an array of techniques. The exhibition presents these works on paper chronologically alongside a limited number of closely related paintings and sculptures. Seen together, these groupings highlight the connections that Picasso saw between media and the integral role that paper played throughout his artistic practice.
Picasso and Paper is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue published by the Royal Academy of Arts.