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.

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


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Kneeling Nude, Pablo Picasso  Spanish, Fabricated chalk on paper
Pablo Picasso
1906
Gertrude Stein, Pablo Picasso  Spanish, Oil on canvas
Pablo Picasso
1905–6
Three Nudes, Pablo Picasso  Spanish, Gouache, ink, watercolor, and charcoal on paper
Pablo Picasso
Gósol, summer 1906