Provenance

Mary Callery

American, 1903 - 1977

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Josef Albers, Study for Homage to the Square: Light Rising, 1950, altered 1959, oil on wood fiberboard, Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection, 1992.28.1

Study for Homage to the Square: Light Rising

Josef Albers · 1950, altered 1959 · oil on wood fiberboard ·  Accession ID  1992.28.1

Overlapping, geometric shapes painted in tones of tan, oatmeal, and coffee brown and outlined in black cluster along the center of this tall, vertical, abstract painting. Except for the outlines, the paint is put on in long, horizontal strokes to create patches of color. The unpainted canvas shows through in some areas, especially in the lower corners and up along the right edge. A few shapes could recall body parts, like curved shapes for breasts near the top and an angled line for an elbow. The artist signed the work with black paint at the lower center: “Picasso.”
Pablo Picasso, Nude Woman, 1910, oil on canvas, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1972.46.1

Nude Woman

Pablo Picasso · 1910 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1972.46.1