Letter with Blind Man and Dog

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FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG

Mired in poverty, Picasso traveled between Spain and France in the first years of the 20th century. On his second trip to Paris in 1901, he met the poet and art critic Max Jacob, and the instant friends shared an apartment the next year. Back in Barcelona in 1903, Picasso wrote regularly to Jacob about his struggles and, especially, his art. This double-sided document dated to August 6 captures an early stage of The Blind Man's Meal (1903; The Metropolitan Museum of Art). The dog featured in the sketch was overpainted in the final composition.

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