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Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914

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February 13, 2011–June 6, 2011
Sometime between October and December 1912, Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) made a guitar. Cobbled together from cardboard, paper, string, and wire, materials he cut, folded, threaded, and glued, Picasso’s purely visual instrument resembled no sculpture ever seen before. In 1914 the artist reiterated his fragile papery construction in more fixed and durable sheet metal form. These two Guitars, both gifts from the artist to MoMA, bracket an incandescent period of material and structural experimentation in Picasso’s work. It is this breakthrough moment in twentieth-century art, and the Guitars place within it, that Picasso: Guitars 1912–1914 explores. Bringing together some seventy closely connected collages, constructions, drawings, mixed-media paintings, and photographs assembled from over thirty public and private collections worldwide, this exhibition offers fresh insight into Picasso’s cross-disciplinary process in the years immediately preceding World War I. A publication will accompany Picasso: Guitars 1912–1914. MoMA is also working on the development of an e-book to follow the exhibition that will draw upon close examination of the works assembled for the show. To view images of these artworks, please visit the Online Collection at moma.org/collection.
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Oil, gouache, cut-and-pasted paper, gesso, sand, and charcoal on canvas The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Nelson A. Rockefeller Bequest, 1979 Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide
Ink, charcoal, and pencil on newspaper Private collection Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide
Oil and charcoal on canvas Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris. Gift of Henri Laugier, 1963 Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide
Gelatin silver print Private collection Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide
Cut-and-pasted newspaper and charcoal on paper Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris. Gift of Henri Laugier, 1963 Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide
Cut-and-pasted newspaper, charcoal, and gouache on paper Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris. Gift of Henri Laugier, 1963 Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide
Cut-and-pasted wallpaper, newspaper, sheet music, colored paper, paper, and hand-painted faux bois paper, charcoal, and gouache on paperboard McNay Art Museum, San Antonio. Bequest of Marion Koogler McNay Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide
Les Soirées de Paris, no. 18 Paris, November 15, 1913 Edited by Guillaume Apollinaire (French, born Italy. 1880–1918) and Jean Cérusse (pseudonym or Héène d’Oettingen [French, born Ukraine or Italy. 1887–1950] and Serge Jastrebzoff [French, born Russia. 1881–1958]) Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide
Paperboard, paper, string, and painted wire installed with cut cardboard box. 30 x 20 1/2 x 7 3/4" (76.2 x 52.1 x 19.7cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the artist. © 2011 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide
Cut-and-pasted colored paper, gouache, and charcoal on paperboard Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. Purchased with help from The National Heritage Lottery Fund and The Art Fund, 1995 Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide
Ferrous sheet metal and wire. 30 1/2 x 13 3/4 x 7 5/8" (77.5 x 35 x 19.3 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the artist. © 2011 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide
Cut-and-pasted wallpaper, newspaper, sheet music, colored paper, paper, and hand-painted faux bois paper, charcoal, and gouache on paperboard McNay Art Museum, San Antonio. Bequest of Marion Koogler McNay Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide
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