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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.157
People
Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Spanish (Malaga, Spain 1881 - 1973 Mougins, France)
Title
Woman Having Her Hair Combed
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1905 - 1906
Culture
Spanish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298061

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk on tan wove paper mounted on stiff card
Dimensions
61.6 x 49.8 cm (24 1/4 x 19 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: On verso, in graphite: 1020 / 8 [within a square]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, William M. Prichard Fund
Copyright
© Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.157
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Editions Cahiers d'art (Paris, 1932-1978), vol. 6, no. 731, pl. 89
  • Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Picasso, Fifty Years of His Art, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY, 1946), p. 280
  • Visionaries and Dreamers, exh. cat., Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C, 1956), no. 83, repr. p. 29.
  • Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings from the Fogg Art Museum, exh. cat., Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, NY, 1967), cat. 57
  • Gary Tinterow, Master Drawings by Picasso, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, Mass., 1981), p. 250

Exhibition History

  • Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings from the Fogg Art Museum, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, 05/08/1967 - 06/11/1967

Verification Level

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