Femme Couchée (Reclining Woman)
Maker and role
Artist: Pablo Picasso, Spanish, 1881-1973
Year
1932
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
9 3/8 x 13 3/4in (23.8 x 34.9cm)
Credit line
Jeanne and Irving Mathews Collection
Accession number
2011.181
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Further information
Pablo Picasso’s model and romantic muse, Marie-Thérèse Walter, lies relaxed and dreamy in an ambiguous angular setting. Picasso’s unconventional choice of soft greens and pale purples renders her skin luminous and lustrous. This nude is one in a series of miniature studies from 1932, a productive year for Picasso that included an idyllic summer relaxing with Marie-Thérèse and painting new, creative interpretations of the female form.
Copyright
© Estate of Pablo Picasso/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Documentation
Picasso 1932: Année érotique; 2017; p. 142; Fig. 35
Picasso 1932 - Love Fame Tragedy; 2017; p. 139, 259
Picasso 1932 - Love Fame Tragedy; 2017; p. 139, 259
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