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Pablo Picasso, 1905–6
Technical Details
Medium
Pen and black ink and blue and green crayon on board
Dimensions
12 7/8 × 9 1/4 in. (32.7 × 23.5 cm)
Style
Rose Period figuration
Decade
1900s
About This Work
The official Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY record identifies Blue Vase as a Pablo Picasso drawing, dated 1905–6, in Pen and black ink and blue and green crayon on board. This catalog entry follows the holding institution’s title, material, date, dimensions, and object link rather than inferring undocumented subject matter or artist intent.
Blue Vase is grouped here under Rose Period for gallery navigation based on the date published by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. This period label is interpretive context, not a replacement for the cited primary object record. The institutional credit line is: Gift of Douglas Dillon, in honor of William S. Lieberman, 1998.
Current Location
Valuation & Provenance
2026 Estimated Value
Public collection / market value not asserted
* 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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