The Three Bathers III (Les Trois Baigneuses III)

1923

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

The image shows three nude female figures standing closely together. The central figure is standing straight and looking forward, with one arm around the shoulder of the figure on her right. The figure to the left is slightly turned towards the central figure, with her arm around her shoulder. The figure on the right is slightly bent over, holding her left leg up with her hand. All three figures have stylized facial features with simple, curved lines for eyes, noses, and mouths. Their hair is depicted with flowing lines, each hairstyle slightly varying but all wavy and falling to their shoulders or necks. The background is a plain, textured surface with no additional details or objects beyond the figures.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching [printed 1930-31 by Marcel Guiot]

  • Credit Line

    The John U. and Evelyn S. Nef Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.8 x 12.9 cm (7 x 5 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 38 x 28 cm (14 15/16 x 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.60.44

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 108, State only (Ba)

  • Copyright

    © 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Evelyn Nef, Washington, D.C.; bequest to NGA, 2010.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1968

  • Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso; catalogue de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie 1904-1967. Bern: Kornfeld und Klipstein, 1968, no. 62.

1990

  • Geiser, Bernhard and Brigette Baer. Picasso peintre-graveur. 2 vols. Berne: Éditions Kornfeld, 1990 (vol. 1) and 1992 (vol. 2), no. 108. See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, at lower right under plate, in graphite: Picasso; by artist, lower left under plate, in graphite: 23/100; by later hand, at lower left in graphite: R547B; by later hand, at lower right in graphite: #2870; by later hand, at lower right in graphite: 24809

Markings

at lower center, blindstamp: Marcel Guiot/Editeur/Paris

Wikidata ID

Q75423494

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