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Gertrude Stein

1905–6
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 908
Impressionné par la vivacité d’esprit et l’avant-gardisme de Gertrude Stein, Picasso proposa de peindre son portrait. La majestueuse corpulence de l’auteure américaine y est enrobée de velours côtelé brun-rouge. Les nombreuses séances — près de quatre-vingt-dix selon Stein, ce qui paraît exagéré vu la rapidité avec laquelle Picasso travaillait habituellement — commencèrent à l’automne 1905. Au printemps suivant, insatisfait du visage, Picasso le recouvrit de peinture. De retour à Paris, à l’automne, il figea les traits du modèle en un masque archaïsant, préfiguration du style nouveau qui avait germé dans son esprit pendant son séjour estival à Gósol, en Espagne. Il greffa audacieusement une tête protocubiste sur un corps typique de sa période rose, créant cette célèbre image, singulière et emblématique.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: Gertrude Stein
  • Artiste: Pablo Picasso, Espagnol, 1881–1973
  • Date: 1905–1906
  • Technique: Huile sur toile
  • Dimensions: 100 x 81,3 cm
  • Crédits: Legs de Gertrude Stein, 1946
  • Accession Number: 47.106
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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