One of the most vivid, recurring motifs throughout Picasso's career was the female head. In this late pastel, Picasso reached back to his early Cubist preoccupations with simultaneous representation of the object. The speed with which he recorded his idea for this head is evident in the sometimes sketchy, sometimes rough use of pastel on board. His colors, no doubt, have as much emotional as decorative value and bear no allegiance to reality.
Details
- Artist Name: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
- Title: Head of Woman
- Date: 1971
- Medium: Pastel on grey board
- Dimensions: 11-5/8 x 8-1/4 in. (29.5 x 21 cm)
- Credit Line: Norton Simon Art Foundation
- Accession Number: M.1979.32.P
- Copyright: © Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Object Information
Norton Simon Art Foundation.
- Zervos, Christian, Pablo Picasso: Oeuvres,no. 107
- Campbell, Sara, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best,2010, cat. 1628 p. 428
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