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Three Bathers Reclining by the Shore

1920
Not on view
This is the second in a pair of drawings executed on the same day at the fashionable resort of Juan-les-Pins, on the French Riviera (see also MMA 1984.433.277). The foreground figure is a quotation of Ingres's Grande Odalisque (1814, Musée du Louvre, Paris). The American publisher Scofield Thayer bought the drawings soon after they were made. As Thayer intended to illustrate works from his collection in his magazine, the Dial, he favored drawings and pastels over paintings, which were difficult to reproduce accurately.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Three Bathers Reclining by the Shore
  • Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France)
  • Date: 1920
  • Medium: Graphite on paper
  • Dimensions: 19 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. (49.5 x 64.1 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982
  • Object Number: 1984.433.279
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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