a) Self-Portrait; b) Untitled (Woman Strolling)

1901/1902

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

This drawing is a portrait focusing on the upper body of a person. The individual is facing us with a neutral expression. They have pale peach skin, strong eyebrows, deep-set eyes, and a sharp jaw. They have straight dark hair flowing down around their ears and are wearing a light-colored garment with a blue neck scarf featuring dark stripes. The background is beige paper with some scribbled black vertical lines.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    a) black chalk and watercolor on wove paper; b) black chalk on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.4 x 23.8 cm (11 15/16 x 9 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1970.17.164.a-b

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    a) Zervos, Vol. XXI, no. 336, State D.B. V, 81; b) Not in Zervos?

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir Hugh Walpole [1884-1941];[1] (Leicester Galleries, London, 1945); Edward H. Molyneux, 1955; Ailsa Mellon Bruce.
[1]Not inlcuded in his estate sale held at Christie's, London, 10 January 1947.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1945

  • Exhibition of the collection of the late Sir Hugh Walpole, Leicester Galleries, London, April 1945, no. 133.

1952

  • French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. March 2 - May 11, 1952; Museum of Modern Art, New York, June 24 - September 7,1952, unnumbered checklist.

1956

  • Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, MD, May - October 1956

1966

  • French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, March 18 - May 1, 1966, no. 246, repro.

1978

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 113.

1984

  • Picasso, The Early Work, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland, 1984-1985.

1989

  • Picasso, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, NZ, 1989.

1996

  • Picasso and Portraiture: Representation and Transformation, The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Grand Palais, Paris, 1996, p. 117 (repro).

1997

  • Picasso: The Early Years, 1892-1906, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.

2001

  • A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 4.

2011

  • Picasso's Drawings, 1890-1921: Reinventing Tradition, The Frick Collection, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2011-2012, no. 9.

Bibliography

1932

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

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 685, no. 1103, color repro.

1989

  • The Artist Before Nature. Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand, 1989: no. 2.

1997

  • Picasso: The Early Years, 1892-1906. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1997-1998: no. 76.

2001

  • A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 4.

Inscriptions

recto: false signature upper right in black crayon: Picasso 19; verso: at upper left in later hand in graphite: 1195

Watermarks

J WHATMAN TU [RKEY MILL]

Wikidata ID

Q64618753

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