Ruth Dangler

1922

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

The image is a line drawing of a seated woman portrayed from approximately the waist up. She is positioned sitting in a chair, slightly angled toward the viewer while looking directly ahead. Her facial features are delicately sketched, with defined eyes and a subtle expression. She has short, wavy hair that is neatly styled close to her head. The woman wears a loose garment with broad sleeves, which appears to be a dress or top, and she is adorned with a long, simple necklace that ends in a pendant. Her hands are resting in her lap, one on top of the other, with a soft, furry drape or stole positioned to her left. The background is plain, with nothing to distract from the subject herself.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 64.2 x 49.2 cm (25 1/4 x 19 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.64.106

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Zervos, Vol. IV, no. 264

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ruth Davis Dangler, Chicago; her children, Marie La Farge and Menso Boissevain; purchased through Paul Weis by Paul Mellon as a promised gift for the National Gallery of Art; gift 1985 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist

2001

  • A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 46.

2016

  • In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.

Bibliography

1932

  • Zervos, Christian. Pablo Picasso. 33 vols. Paris, 1932-1978.

2001

  • A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 46.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Picasso (underlined) / 26-6-22-

Watermarks

A CRAYON ANCNE MANUFRE CANSON & MONTGOLFIER VIDALON-LES-ANNONAY

Wikidata ID

Q64618758

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