Nude Placing Flowers in Her Hair (Femme nue se couronnant de fleurs)

1930

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

The drawing depicts a person seated within a rectangular frame. The person has one leg drawn up and an arm wrapped around it, while their other arm is bent at the elbow with their hand touching their head. The person's facial features include oval-shaped eyes, a straight nose, and closed lips. Their hair is long and wavy, falling around their shoulders. The person is wearing two necklaces - a choker and a longer necklace with an intricate design. The background consists of simple lines indicating the surface upon which the person is sitting.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on Montval laid paper [printed in 1939 by Roger Lacourière]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 31.3 x 22.2 cm (12 5/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 49.9 x 38.2 cm (19 5/8 x 15 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.16.163

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 195, State only (Bc)

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1968

  • Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso; catalogue de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie 1904-1967. Bern: Kornfeld und Klipstein, 1968.

1990

  • Geiser, Bernhard and Brigette Baer. Picasso peintre-graveur. 2 vols. Berne: Éditions Kornfeld, 1990 (vol. 1) and 1992 (vol. 2). See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in graphite: 195

Watermarks

VM Paris

Wikidata ID

Q65363599

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