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Woman with a Helmet of Hair
Pablo Picasso1904
- Attribution
- Pablo Picasso Spanish, 1881-1973
- Medium
- Gouache on tan wood pulp board
- Physical dimensions
- 42.7 × 31.3 cm (16 13/16 × 12 3/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Bequest of Kate L. Brewster
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Source rights statement: © 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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We know very little about the woman depicted in this blue-hued drawing beyond her first name: Madeleine. She was likely Picasso’s model and lover during the summer of 1904; this depiction of her shows him experimenting with color and form to explore somber emotional states.
Description: Art Institute of Chicago · CC BY 4.0