Inscription: Signed and dated [at a later date] (upper right, in graphite): Picasso [underlined after i and up to o] / 1918
Edward W. Titus, New York and Paris (until ca. 1930; possibly a gift ca. 1930 to Rubinstein); his wife, Helena Rubinstein (née Chaya Rubinstein, later Princess Gourielli), London, New York, and Paris (from ca. 1930; sold to Richardson); John Richardson, New York (until 1960; sold on February 6, 1960 to Whitney); John Hay and Betsy Whitney, New York (1960–his d. 1982); his wife, Betsy Whitney, New York (1982–d. 1998; their estate sale, Sotheby’s, New York, May 10, 1999, no. 30, sold to Lauder); Leonard A. Lauder, New York (1999–2013; transferred on April 8, 2013 to the Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Trust); The Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Trust, New York (2013–16; gift to MMA)
London. Tate Gallery. "The John Hay Whitney Collection," December 16, 1960–January 29, 1961, no. 43 (as 1918).
Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art. "The John Hay Whitney Collection," May 29–September 5, 1983, no. 61 (as 1918).
Boston. Museum of Fine Arts. "Facets of Cubism," December 7, 2005–April 16, 2006, not in brochure.
New York. Frick Collection. "Picasso's Drawings, 1890–1921: Reinventing Tradition," October 4, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 60 (as Paris or Montrouge, 1915 or 1916).
Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art. "Picasso's Drawings, 1890–1921: Reinventing Tradition," January 29–May 6, 2012, no. 60.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection," October 20, 2014–February 16, 2015, no. 80.
Philadelphia. The Barnes Foundation. "Picasso: The Great War, Experimentation and Change," February 21–May 9, 2016, no. 16 (lent by The Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Collection).
Columbus Museum of Art. "Picasso: The Great War, Experimentation and Change," June 10–September 11, 2016, no. 16.
John Rewald. The John Hay Whitney Collection. Exh. cat., Tate Gallery. London, 1960, unpaginated, no. 43, ill.
John Rewald. The John Hay Whitney Collection. Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1983, p. 144, no. 61, ill. p. 145.
John Richardson with the collaboration of Marilyn McCully. A Life of Picasso. Vol. 2, 1907–1917. New York, 1996, ill. p. 416.
Susan Grace Galassi in Susan Grace Galassi and Marilyn McCully with Joanna Sheers Seidenstein and Katie Steiner. Picasso's Drawings, 1890–1921: Reinventing Tradition. Exh. cat., Frick Collection. New York, 2011, pp. 20, 22.
Marilyn McCully in Susan Grace Galassi and Marilyn McCully. Picasso's Drawings, 1890–1921: Reinventing Tradition. Exh. cat., Frick Collection. New York, 2011, pp. 228, 230, no. 60, ill. p. 229.
"Objects Promised to the Museum during the Year 2012–2013." The Metropolitan Museum of Art, One Hundred Forty-third Annual Report of the Trustees for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013 (2013), p. 47.
Pepe Karmel inCubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection. Ed. Emily Braun and Rebecca Rabinow. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2014, pp. 187, 192, 195, no. 80, ill. p. 194 (color).
Anna Jozefacka and Luise Mahler inCubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection. Ed. Emily Braun and Rebecca Rabinow. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2014, p. 301.
Ann Bremner inPicasso: The Great War, Experimentation, and Change. Exh. cat., The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia. New York, 2016, pp. 141, 143, no. 16.
Simonetta Fraquelli inPicasso: The Great War, Experimentation, and Change. Exh. cat., The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia. New York, 2016, p. 14, ill. p. 61 (color).
Professor of Art History Christopher Green discusses Picasso’s foray into Cubism before his invention of collage primarily through his figure drawings.
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France)
1921
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