Bronze
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Cock
Purchased 1953
animals: birds
cockerel
<p>Picasso made this work at the Château de Boisgeloup, near Gisors, which he had purchased in 1931. He turned the stables into a sculpture studio, and between 1931-4 produced there some of his most important sculptures. Most of these were of the female figure, represented in curving, organic forms, but he also produced three works on the theme of the cock, a subject which may well have been connected to his move to the countryside. The cock's body is composed of spiky, elongated forms, each of which has a strongly separate identity although subordinated to the animated whole.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
sculpture bronze
12 December 2002 – 16 March 2003
2003-03-16
12 December 2002 – 16 March 2003
2003-03-16
2002-12-12
Bucerius Kunst Forum (Hamburg, Germany)
http://www.buceriuskunstforum.de
2002-12-12
Picasso and Myth
Loan-out
4 October 2008 – 11 January 2009
2009-01-11
4 October 2008 – 11 January 2009
2009-01-11
2008-10-04
Tate St Ives (St Ives, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/stives/
2008-10-04
Heimo Zobernig and the Tate Collection
Exhibition
14 April 2009 – 16 June 2013
2013-06-16
14 April 2009 – 16 June 2013
2013-06-16
2009-04-14
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2009-04-14
This is Sculpture
Collection based display
21 May 2010 – 30 August 2010
2010-08-30
21 May 2010 – 30 August 2010
2010-08-30
2010-05-21
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
16 September 2010 – 16 January 2011
2011-01-16
2010-09-16
Albertina Museum (Vienna, Austria)
http://www.albertina.at/en
2010-05-21
Picasso: Peace and Freedom
Exhibition
21 September 2010 – 29 May 2011
2011-05-29
21 May 2010 – 30 August 2010
2010-08-30
2010-05-21
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
21 September 2010 – 16 January 2011
2011-01-16
2010-09-21
Albertina Museum (Vienna, Austria)
http://www.albertina.at/en
11 February 2011 – 29 May 2011
2011-05-29
2011-02-11
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Humlebæk, Denmark)
http://www.louisiana.dk
2010-09-21
Picasso: Peace and Freedom
Loan-out
9 September 2015 – 7 February 2016
2016-02-07
9 September 2015 – 7 February 2016
2016-02-07
2015-09-09
Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA)
2015-09-09
Picasso's Sculpture
Loan-out
1 April 2017 – 11 September 2017
2017-09-11
1 April 2017 – 11 September 2017
2017-09-11
2017-04-01
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen (Rouen, France)
2017-04-01
Picasso / Gonzales: une amitie de fer
Loan-out
5 September 2017 – 9 September 2018
2018-09-09
5 September 2017 – 18 February 2018
2018-02-18
2017-09-05
Musée Picasso (Paris, France)
8 March 2018 – 9 September 2018
2018-09-09
2018-03-08
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2017-09-05
Pablo Picasso 1932
Exhibition
10 October 2017 – 9 September 2018
2018-09-09
10 October 2017 – 11 February 2018
2018-02-11
2017-10-10
Musée Picasso (Paris, France)
2017-10-10
Picasso 1932
Loan-out
Cock
object: 655 × 582 × 395 mm
Purchased 1953
<p>Picasso made this work at the Château de  Boisgeloup, near Gisors, which he had purchased in  1931. He turned the stables into a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculpture</span></a>  studio, and between 1931-4 produced there some of  his most important sculptures. Most of these were  of the female figure, represented in curving,  organic forms, but he also produced three works on  the theme of the cock, a subject which may well  have been connected to his move to the  countryside. The cock's body is composed of spiky,  elongated forms, each of which has a strongly  separate identity although subordinated to the  animated whole.</p>
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2004-08-18T00:00:00
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<p><b>Pablo Picasso</b><span> 1881-1973 </span>
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<p><span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/picasso-cock-n06023" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N06023</span></a> </span><b>Coq</b><span>
(Cock) 1932 </span>
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<p><span>Inscribed '1/6' and founder's stamp 'CIRE | C. VALSUANI | PERDUE' on side of base</span>
<br/><span>Bronze, 25 5/8 x 21 ¾ x 12 ½ (65 x 55 x 32)</span>
<br/><span>Purchased from the Galerie Louise Leiris (Grant-in-Aid) 1953</span>
<br/><i>Prov:</i><span>
With Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (purchased from the artist)</span>
<br/><i>Lit:</i><span>
Werner Spies, </span><i>Picasso Sculpture</i><span> (London 1972), No.134, pp.100, 304, repr. p.131</span>
<br/><i>Repr:</i><span>
Daniel Henry Kahnweiler, </span><i>The Sculptures of Picasso</i><span>
(London 1949), pl.57; John Rothenstein, </span><i>The Tate Gallery</i><span> (London 1958), pl.17 </span>
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<p><span>Picasso made this work at the Château de Boisgeloup, near Gisors, which he had purchased in 1931. He turned the stables into a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculpture</span></a> studio and in 1931-4 produced there some of his most important sculptures. Though most were of the female figure, they also included this 'Cock' and 'Head of a Heifer', both made in 1932, and another two smaller sculptures of a 'Cock' made the following year. The choice of these particular animal themes was no doubt connected with his move to the countryside. </span>
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<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><span>Ronald Alley, </span><i>Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists</i><span>, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, p.606, reproduced p.606</span>
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Catalogue entry
2004-09-15T00:00:00
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animals: birds cockerel