Image: Image reproduction rights managed by Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; institutional source link provided
View source →Pablo Picasso, September 8, 1959, published 1960
Medium
Color linocut on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 53.2 × 64.2 cm (21 × 25 5/16 in.); Sheet: 62.4 × 75.2 cm (24 5/8 × 29 5/8 in.)
Style
Late Picasso
Decade
1950s
The official Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois record identifies Picador and Bullfighter as a Pablo Picasso linocut, dated September 8, 1959, published 1960, in Color linocut on ivory wove paper. This catalog entry preserves the holding institution’s title and object metadata rather than inferring undocumented imagery, sitter identity, or artist intent.
Picador and Bullfighter 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: Walter S. Brewster Fund.
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Public Collection — Open to visitors
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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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