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The Bullring

The Bullring

(Spanish (worked in France), 1881–1973)
about 1959–60, dedicated 1965
Medium/TechniqueBrush with ink and ink wash on thick wove paper
DimensionsImage: 35 x 49.3 cm (13 3/4 x 19 7/16 in.)
Sheet (unfolded): 35 x 98.6 cm (13 3/4 x 38 13/16 in.)
Framed: 54.6 x 74.6 x 3.2 cm (21 1/2 x 29 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit LineVirginia Herrick Deknatel Purchase Fund, and museum purchase with funds by exchange from the Samuel Putnam Avery Fund, Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, and Harvey D. Parker Fund, and funds donated by Susan Bennett and Alan and Marianne Schwartz (Shapero Foundation)
Accession number2004.248
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsDedicated, signed and dated "Pour son ami Diego Picasso, le 8.11.65."
ProvenancePresented by Picasso to his physician [said to be Dr. Hepp], 1965; sold to private collector (Switzerland), 1992; with Jörg Maass (Berlin), 2003; by whom sold to MFA, 23 June 2004.
Copyright© 2011 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.