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View source →Pablo Picasso, January 11–12, 1967
Medium
Colored crayons and colored pencils, with smudging, on cream wove paper
Dimensions
50 × 65 cm (19 11/16 × 25 5/8 in.)
Style
Late Picasso
Decade
1960s
The official Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois record identifies Man Holding a Sheep, Flutist, and Heads as a Pablo Picasso crayon, dated January 11–12, 1967, in Colored crayons and colored pencils, with smudging, on cream wove paper. Picasso’s late work often included images of musicians and self-portraits. This crayon drawing likely depicts the artist himself, holding a sheep, with a young boy playing a flute. At the time, Picasso owned a number of animals, including a pet goat.
Man Holding a Sheep, Flutist, and Heads is grouped under Late Period for gallery navigation using the date published by Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. This period label provides high-level art-historical orientation and does not supersede the primary collection record. The institutional credit line is: Purchased with funds provided by the estate of Loula D. Lasker.
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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Public collection / market value not asserted
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Last Known Sale
No public auction record — held in permanent museum collection
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