Buste de femme
[juin 1907 - juillet 1907]

Buste de femme
[juin 1907 - juillet 1907]
This preparatory study alone brings together the different sources that would lead Picasso to Cubism.
Pablo Picasso painted Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (New York, Museum of Modern Art) in 1907, puzzling his entourage with its formal radicality. For this painting, he made a number of painted or drawn studies in which he radicalised his formal language. In this one, the treatment of the garment with large prominent volumes reflects the influence of Cézanne, whereas this woman's face, reduced to an oval mask with a triangular shaped nose, testifies to the influence of Iberian art and of the African masks he discovered in the Ethnographic Museum of the Trocadéro in Paris.
Domain | Peinture |
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Techniques | Huile sur toile |
Dimensions | 66 x 59 cm |
Acquisition | Achat, 1965 |
Inventory no. | AM 4320 P |
Detailed description
Artist | Pablo Picasso |
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Main title | Buste de femme |
Title given | Etude pour Les Demoiselles d'Avignon |
Creation date | [juin 1907 - juillet 1907] |
Domain | Peinture |
Techniques | Huile sur toile |
Dimensions | 66 x 59 cm |
Inscriptions | S.H.G. : Picasso |
Acquisition | Achat, 1965 |
Collection area | Arts Plastiques - Moderne |
Inventory no. | AM 4320 P |