In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
This drawing holds in careful balance a variety of discrete figures unaffiliated with any one composition and marked by a disparity of scale, media, finish, and technique. In this way, Picasso self-consciously imitated the appearance of old master study sheets, such as those by Michelangelo and Leonardo. His attention to the overall harmony of the page as well as the negative space around individual figures reveals that what might first be viewed as a random aggregate of spontaneous sketches is in fact a considered work of art.
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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
William Glackens — Marceline, the Clown
Antonio Canova|Anonymous, Italian, early 19th century — Nude
Alphonse Legros — Study of a Figure
Henri Lehmann (French, 1814–1882) — Nude Study of an Old Man
Edgar Degas — Youth in an Attitude of Defense
Eduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann — Studies of a Boy Playing
John Singer Sargent (American, born Italy, 1856–1925) — Fema
Eduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann — Studies of a Seated Bear
Otto H. Bacher (American, 1856–1909) — Standing Nude Model
George Bellows (American, 1882–1925) — Seated Boy
Gustav Klimt — Seated Male Nude
Pierre Paul Prud'hon — Study for Cupid and Psyche