Bust of Young Woman in Three-Quarter View (Buste de jeune femme en trois quarts)

1906, printed 1933

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

This image depicts a stylized portrait of a person with a focus on the face and hair. The person is presented in a forward-facing position with a slight head tilt to one side. The facial features include large eyes, a defined nose, and full lips, rendered in black ink on an off-white background. The hair is long, flowing down both sides of the face with loose, wavy lines indicating texture and volume. The clothing details are minimal, blending into the background. The background has a simple, textured pattern. No jewelry or objects are visible.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid Arches paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1952.8.278

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 212, State only (Bb)

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1958

  • Picasso: A Loan Exhibition of his Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, and Illustrated Book, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1958, prints section, no. 15, repro.

1961

  • A Picasso Retrospective in Prints from the National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection, 12 venue tour organized by the American Federation of Arts (Arnot Art Gallery, Elmira, NY; Art Association of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Rodman Hall Arts Center, St. Catherine's, Ontario, Canada; Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH; Miami Beach Art Center, FL; Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, AL; Fort Worth Art Center, TX; Boise Art Association, ID; Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT; Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Quebec, Canada; Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY; and De Cordova and Dana Museum, Lincoln, MA), 1961-1962, no cat.

1966

  • Picasso: Sixty Years of Graphic Works, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966, no. 23, repro.

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), no. 212. See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2.

Wikidata ID

Q65363866

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