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Kneeling Nude

1907–8
Not on view
This drawing of a muscular, kneeling nude is a study for the leftmost figure in Picasso’s large painting Three Women (1907–8; The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg), an important work in the artist’s development of Cubism. Here, the torso, raised arm, and head are broken into planar, interlocking forms. Picasso’s ongoing interest in African art is apparent in the figure’s masklike face and in his treatment of the body, which appears almost carved or hewn from wood with its angled facets and hatched lines.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Kneeling Nude
  • Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France)
  • Date: 1907–8
  • Medium: Charcoal on paper
  • Dimensions: 25 × 19 in. (63.5 × 48.3 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998
  • Object Number: 1999.363.61
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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