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View source →Luncheon on the Grass (after Manet)
Pablo Picasso, 1960
Technical Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
130 × 195 cm (51.2 × 76.8 in)
Style
Late Style / Cubism
Decade
1960s
About This Work
One of over 27 variations Picasso made on Manet's scandalous 1863 masterpiece, this canvas reimagines the outdoor picnic scene in bold Cubist terms. The figures are fragmented and repositioned, the landscape flattened into planes of green and yellow. Picasso's dialogue with Manet — like his earlier conversations with Velázquez and Delacroix — demonstrates his lifelong engagement with the history of Western painting.
Between 1959 and 1962, Picasso made 27 variations on Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe. The series was a sustained meditation on the relationship between tradition and innovation, and on the act of artistic appropriation. Picasso saw himself as part of a continuous tradition of Western painting, in constant dialogue with his predecessors.
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Valuation & Provenance
2026 Estimated Value
Priceless / Not for sale
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Last Known Sale
No public auction record — held in permanent museum collection
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