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View source →Pablo Picasso, January 23–24, 1953
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 50.5 × 66.4 cm (19 15/16 × 26 3/16 in.)
Style
Late Picasso
Decade
1950s
The official Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois record identifies Games and Reading as a Pablo Picasso lithograph, dated January 23–24, 1953, in Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. This catalog entry preserves the holding institution’s title and object metadata rather than inferring undocumented imagery, sitter identity, or artist intent.
Games and Reading is grouped under Late Period 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: Gerald and Janet Ruttenberg Foundation, Inc..
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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