Madame Picasso
1923
Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973


East Building Ground Level, Gallery 103-B
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on linen
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 100.3 x 82 cm (39 1/2 x 32 5/16 in.)
framed: 123.2 x 104.5 x 5.7 cm (48 1/2 x 41 1/8 x 2 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1963.10.194
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Copyright
© 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Purchased from the artist by Paul Rosenberg, Paris;[1] sold 5 June 1930 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1] Provenance compiled from information in object file (1963.10.194) in NGA curatorial records. Object file does not indicate whether Rosenberg purchased painting as a dealer or for private collection. When purchased directly from the artist, it is assumed here that the painting became part of his private collection.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1923
Art Institute of Chicago, 1923.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, 1923.
1931
Portraits of Women, Romanticism to Surrealism, Museum of French Art, New York, 1931, no. 27.
Picasso-Braque-Léger, Museum of French Art, New York, 1931, no. 8.
1943
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, 1943-1952 (extended loan), unnumbered catalogue, repro. p. 51
1952
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1952, no. 54, repro.
1965
The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.
1978
Aspects of Twentieth-Century Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978-1979, no. 30, repro.
2010
From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, January 2010-January 2012, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
Bibliography
1932
Zervos, Christian. Pablo Picasso. 33 vols. Paris, 1932-1978: 5(1952): no. 29, pl. 18.
1943
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1943:, 51, repro.
1952
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1952 (2nd ed., 1960; rev. ed., 1965): 54, repro.
1960
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1960 (2nd ed.): 56, repro.
1965
Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 75, repro.
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 102.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 90, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 266, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 608, no. 942, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 307, repro.
1997
Bohart, Arthur C., and Leslie S. Greenberg. Empathy Reconsidered, New Directions in Psychotherapy, Washington, D.C., 1997: cover repro.
Inscriptions
upper right: Picasso / 23
Wikidata ID
Q20192450