In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
This watercolor comes from a group of drawings and paintings depicting a woman seated in an armchair, a subject that preoccupied Picasso with intensity during the summer he spent in the beach town Biarritz in 1918. Some have naturalistic details; others, like this sheet, are characterized by schematized forms and geometric structure. Here, the figure clasps her hands at the center of the composition, and her long, billowing hair echoes the scrolls from the furniture. The series reflects Picasso's repeated engagement with a single motif in service of stylistic modulation and experimentation.
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At the Theater (The Courtesan)
Woman Seated on Striped Floor
Still Life with Basket of Fruit and Jug
Child Seated in an Armchair (Enfant assis dans un fauteuil)
Standing Nude in Front of a Red Arch
Young Woman Holding a Cigarette (Jeune femme tenant une ciga
The Ascetic (L' Ascète)
Composition: The Peasants
Elemér de Kóródy — Standing Figure
Jules Pascin — Two Women at a Circular Table
Afro — The Novice (Il novizio)
Jacques Lipchitz — Man and Guitar - Black, gray, red, and wh
Marsden Hartley — Movement, Bermuda
Marsden Hartley — Movement, Bermuda
Elemér de Kóródy — Standing Figure
Afro — Saint Martin
Elemér de Kóródy — Standing Figure
Marie Laurencin — Head
Amedeo Modigliani — Pink Nude—Caryatid (recto); Caryatid (ve
Krona Bronstein — Seated Figure