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Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Woman's Head (Téte de femme)
Tête de femme comes from a series of paintings Pablo Picasso created between 1901 and 1904, notable for their muted blue palette. Picasso was active in both Paris and Spain during this time, working on what is now referred to as his Blue Period. Here, Picasso used dark, bold lines to distinguish the figure’s silhouette from the background.
ArtistPablo Picasso(1881-1973)
Spanish, 1881 - 1973
Dateca. 1903-1904
MediumOil on fabric on board
Dimensions16 1/2 x 14 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. (41.3 x 35.6 x 5.1 cm)
Credit LineAlfred Stieglitz Collection, Co-owned by Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
ClassificationPainting
ProvenanceJaime Sabartes (friend of Artist); to Alfred Stieglitz, New York, NY; by bequest to Georgia O’Keeffe (his wife), New York, NY, 1946; to Fisk University, Nashville, TN, 1949; to Fisk University, Nashville, TN, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, as co-owners, 2012
On ViewNo
This artwork's face covers about 32× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.
