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Standing Nude

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France)

Date:: 1907–8
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions:: 24 5/8 x 16 5/8 in. (62.5 x 42.2 cm)
Classification:: Drawings
Credit Line:: Anonymous Gift, in memory of Dr. Avrom Barnett, 1967
Accession Number:: 67.162
Rights and Reproduction:: © 2011 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

This artwork is not on display

Description

Following the completion of "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" in 1907 (The Museum of Modern Art, New York), Picasso began to work on compositions in which figures (one, two, or three) melded into their surroundings, as if they were emerging from drapery or clay. This watercolor and the adjacent work, possibly made on the same day, show Picasso revising and perfecting his ideas as he worked step-by-step through certain problems he had set for himself. Although this is a study made with a painting in mind, Picasso was careful to make a drawing that had value as an independent work of art.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Signature: Signed in charcol, lower right: P¦icasso¦

Inscription: Inscribed on verso, at bottom (in another hand): 47 [encircled]
Exhibition History

Australia: Australian National Gallery, Mar. 1-Apr. 27, 1986; Queensland Art Gallery, May 7-July 1, 1986. ¦20th Century Masters from The Metropolitan Museum of Art¦. exh. cat., p. 17 (illus. in color). New York: New York Studio School, October 24 - November 11, 1995. ¦The Spanish School: From Goya to Picasso¦ France: Musee Picasso, October 15, 1998 - January 15, 1999. ¦Picasso: 1901 - 1909¦.
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When
A.D. 1900-present (75,419)
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African Influences in Modern Art

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