Image: Musée National Picasso-Paris / Public Domain
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Pablo Picasso, 1930
Technical Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
162 × 130 cm (63.8 × 51.2 in)
Style
Surrealism
Decade
1930s
About This Work
The Acrobat depicts a single figure in an impossible contortion — the body twisted and stretched beyond human possibility, the limbs arranged in a configuration that defies anatomy. The painting is one of the most extreme examples of Picasso's Surrealist transformation of the human figure, pushing the body to its limits in a celebration of physical virtuosity.
Painted in 1930, The Acrobat belongs to the period of Picasso's most intense engagement with Surrealism. The circus and acrobatic figures that had appeared in his Rose Period work return here transformed by the Surrealist imagination into figures of impossible physical complexity.
Current Location
Musée National Picasso-Paris, Paris, France
Public Collection — Open to visitors
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2026 Estimated Value
$40–60 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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