Metropolitan Museum conservator Rachel Mustalish makes discoveries beneath the surface of this 1906 drawing, including a link to Pablo Picasso's iconic portrait of Gertrude Stein.
Organized by the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art
Focus on Modern Art: Pablo Picasso's "Three Nudes," 1906
Metropolitan Museum conservator Rachel Mustalish makes discoveries beneath the surface of this 1906 drawing, including a link to Pablo Picasso's iconic portrait of Gertrude Stein.
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Pablo Picasso
1906
Pablo Picasso
1905–6
Pablo Picasso
Gósol, summer 1906