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Pablo Picasso, August 1911
Technical Details
Medium
Oil on linen
Dimensions
131.2 × 89.5 cm (51.7 × 35.2 in)
Style
Analytic Cubism
Decade
1910s
About This Work
The Guggenheim dates The Poet to Céret, August 1911. In this oil-on-linen canvas, the sitter is built from closely interlocking planes rather than a continuous silhouette, a structure that asks the viewer to reconstruct the figure across a deliberately limited range of tonal shifts. The painting is a central example of Picasso’s Analytic Cubist method.
Made while Picasso was working in Céret in 1911, The Poet belongs to the period in which he and Georges Braque pursued Cubism’s analytical fragmentation with exceptional intensity. The Guggenheim’s direct record supplies the title, place, date, medium, and dimensions; this catalog now directs visitors to that record and treats image use as rights-managed rather than public domain.
Current Location
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Public Collection — Open to visitors
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2026 Estimated Value
Priceless / Not for sale
* 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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