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View source →Bull's Head (Tête de taureau)
Pablo Picasso, 1942
Technical Details
Medium
Bicycle saddle and handlebars (bronze cast)
Dimensions
33.5 × 43.5 × 19 cm
Style
Assemblage / Sculpture
Decade
1940s
About This Work
One of the most celebrated examples of found-object sculpture in art history, Bull's Head was created by simply combining a bicycle saddle and handlebars. The transformation is so complete and so obvious that it seems both inevitable and miraculous. Picasso described the process: 'I found an old bicycle seat in a pile of junk, and right next to it a rusty set of handlebars. In a flash they joined together in my head.'
Created during the Nazi occupation of Paris, when materials were scarce and Picasso was working under difficult conditions. The work demonstrates his lifelong ability to find art in everyday objects — a principle that connects his Cubist collages of 1912–1913 to the assemblage sculptures of his later career.
Current Location
Valuation & Provenance
2026 Estimated Value
Priceless / Not for sale
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Last Known Sale
No public auction record — held in permanent museum collection
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