Boy with a Pipe
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Boy with a Pipe is an early 20th-century painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a young Parisian boy holding a pipe, notable for its vibrant Rose Period style and later record-breaking auction price.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Boy with a Pipe canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1664301 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boy with a Pipe Context triple: [Rose Period, hasNotableWork, Boy with a Pipe]
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A.
The Pipe Yard
The Pipe Yard is a local sports stadium and community ballpark located in Lorain, Ohio.
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B.
As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young
"As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young" is a genre painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Jan Steen that humorously depicts how children imitate the behavior and vices of the adults around them.
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C.
"Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk"
"Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" is a piano-driven pop song by Rufus Wainwright that wryly reflects on desire, indulgence, and self-destructive habits.
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D.
Grandma's Boy
"Grandma's Boy" is a 1922 silent comedy film starring Harold Lloyd, known for blending physical gags with a character-driven story about a timid young man finding his courage.
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E.
The Tub
The Tub is an 1886 pastel and mixed-media artwork by Edgar Degas depicting a woman bathing, celebrated for its unusual overhead perspective and intimate, everyday subject.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boy with a Pipe Target entity description: Boy with a Pipe is an early 20th-century painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a young Parisian boy holding a pipe, notable for its vibrant Rose Period style and later record-breaking auction price.
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A.
The Pipe Yard
The Pipe Yard is a local sports stadium and community ballpark located in Lorain, Ohio.
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B.
As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young
"As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young" is a genre painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Jan Steen that humorously depicts how children imitate the behavior and vices of the adults around them.
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C.
"Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk"
"Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" is a piano-driven pop song by Rufus Wainwright that wryly reflects on desire, indulgence, and self-destructive habits.
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D.
Grandma's Boy
"Grandma's Boy" is a 1922 silent comedy film starring Harold Lloyd, known for blending physical gags with a character-driven story about a timid young man finding his courage.
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E.
The Tub
The Tub is an 1886 pastel and mixed-media artwork by Edgar Degas depicting a woman bathing, celebrated for its unusual overhead perspective and intimate, everyday subject.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artist | Pablo Picasso ⓘ |
| artisticPeriod | Picasso's Rose Period ⓘ |
| auctionCity | New York City ⓘ |
| auctionDate | 2004 ⓘ |
| auctionHouse |
Sotheby's
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linked to:
Sotheby’s
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| colorPalette |
rose tones
ⓘ
warm colors ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1905 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Pablo Picasso ⓘ |
| currencyOfSalePrice | US dollar ⓘ |
| depicts |
Parisian boy
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boy holding a pipe ⓘ garland of flowers ⓘ pipe ⓘ young boy ⓘ |
| genre | portrait painting ⓘ |
| height | 100 cm ⓘ |
| iconography |
floral garland
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pipe ⓘ youth ⓘ |
| inception | 1905 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle |
English
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French ⓘ |
| locationCreated | Paris ⓘ |
| medium |
oil on canvas
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oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Rose Period ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of a Parisian boy
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record-breaking auction price ⓘ vibrant Rose Period style ⓘ |
| orientation | portrait format ⓘ |
| periodInArtistCareer | early career of Pablo Picasso ⓘ |
| previousOwner |
Betsey Cushing Whitney
ⓘ
John Hay Whitney ⓘ |
| recordHeld | most expensive painting sold at auction at the time of sale ⓘ |
| salePrice | $104,168,000 ⓘ |
| significantEvent | record-breaking auction sale in 2004 ⓘ |
| soldAtAuction |
Sotheby's
ⓘ
linked to:
Sotheby’s
|
| style |
Post-Impressionism
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Rose Period style ⓘ |
| subjectAge | adolescent boy ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| title |
Boy with a Pipe
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Garçon à la pipe ⓘ |
| width | 81 cm ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Boy with a Pipe Description of subject: Boy with a Pipe is an early 20th-century painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a young Parisian boy holding a pipe, notable for its vibrant Rose Period style and later record-breaking auction price.
Referenced by (5)
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