Image: Image reproduction rights managed by Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; institutional source link provided
View source →Pablo Picasso, August 1911, published 1912
Medium
Drypoint on copper in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 50 × 30.6 cm (19 11/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Sheet: 72 × 55.1 cm (28 3/8 × 21 3/4 in.)
Style
Analytic Cubism
Decade
1910s
The official Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois record identifies Still Life with Bottle of Marc as a Pablo Picasso drypoint, dated August 1911, published 1912, in Drypoint on copper in black on ivory laid paper. This catalog entry preserves the holding institution’s title and object metadata rather than inferring undocumented imagery, sitter identity, or artist intent.
Still Life with Bottle of Marc is grouped under Analytic Cubism for gallery navigation using the date published by Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. This period label provides high-level art-historical orientation and does not supersede the primary collection record. The institutional credit line is: John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection.
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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Public collection / market value not asserted
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Last Known Sale
No public auction record — held in permanent museum collection
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