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Pablo Picasso, 1905
Technical Details
Medium
Gouache on cardboard
Dimensions
57.2 × 41 cm (22.5 × 16.1 in)
Style
Expressionism / Drawing
Decade
1900s
About This Work
Boy with a Dog uses gouache on cardboard to focus attention on the quiet relation between a young figure and an animal. The compact format, bare feet, simple clothing, and warm rose-pink tonality create an intimate register rather than the overt drama associated with Picasso's preceding Blue Period. The scene can be read as an image of care and companionship, while its sparing setting keeps the viewer's attention on gesture, proximity, and the expressive weight of the two figures.
Dated 1905, this gouache is cataloged here within the Rose Period, when Picasso increasingly worked with warmer color and circus-adjacent subjects. The catalog identifies the Hermitage Museum as the holding institution, but no exact public object page has yet been verified for this entry; its general museum link is retained as a transparency route rather than presented as definitive object-level evidence. A mismatched reproduction has therefore been removed pending a verified image source.
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Valuation & Provenance
2026 Estimated Value
$15–25 million (est.)
* Estimates are based on comparable auction results and market analysis. Not a formal appraisal.
Last Known Sale
No public auction record — held in permanent museum collection
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