Three Women (Les trois femmes)

1922

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

The image shows three full-body figures standing upright. The figure on the left has dark hair styled in a sweeping motion and holds an arm across their chest. The central figure has lighter hair parted in the middle and rests their arm on the shoulder of the figure on the left. The figure on the right also has lighter hair flowing over their shoulders. The figures are minimally clothed, with fabric draped around them loosely. The background consists of dense, crosshatched lines creating a textured effect. A red signature is visible at the bottom right of the artwork.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching (zinc)

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1392

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 68, State iii/iii (Bd)

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William H. Schab; purchased 1960 by Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1964.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1974.

1978

  • Impresario: Ambroise Vollard, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL; and Toledo Museum of Art, OH (not in Museum of Modern Art or Art Gallery of Ontario installations), 1978.

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. 68. See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2.

Wikidata ID

Q65511468

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