Pablo Picasso. Head of a Woman, in Profile (Tête de femme, de profil) from the Saltimbanques series

Pablo Picasso

Head of a Woman, in Profile (Tête de femme, de profil) from the Saltimbanques series

1905

Drypoint

Not on view

This is a portrait of a woman known only as Madeleine, an artist's model and Picasso's lover during his early years in Paris. She appears in certain of his Blue period and Rose period works. This represents the latter, when his compositions became dreamlike and allegorical.

Gallery label from

Picasso: Themes and Variations, March 28–September 30, 2010.

Medium Drypoint
Dimensions plate: 11 7/16 x 9 13/16" (29.1 x 25 cm); sheet: 18 3/16 x 12 5/8" (46.2 x 32.1 cm)
Publisher unpublished
Printer Louis Fort , Paris
Edition proof before the edition of 250
Credit Lillie P. Bliss Collection
Object number 94.1934
Department Drawings and Prints

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