Nude with a Coronet of Flowers (Femme nue couronne de fleurs)

1930

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

The image depicts a line drawing of a person sitting on a rectangular block with one leg folded under the other. The person's facial features are simplified, showing a straight nose and closed mouth. The person's hair is represented with lines and adorned with a wreath or crown above the head. The figure is nude, with no visible clothing, and the setting is minimalistic with no distinct background features except for light linework indicating a surface or draped cloth. The background of the image is plain, emphasizing the outlined form of the figure.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 31.4 x 22.2 cm (12 3/8 x 8 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 50.4 x 38.4 cm (19 13/16 x 15 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.16.164

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 192, 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: 192

Watermarks

VM France

Wikidata ID

Q65363602

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