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An abstract portrait made up of mismatching geometric features in red, blue, and yellow on a clay-colored background.

The features are created with blue contour lines and geometric shapes framed by slightly square hair indicated by outward sweeping lines on the left side. Two of the contour lines run down the middle, creating an illusion of two faces in pressed up against each other which combine to make one face. The eyes and ears are different sizes and heights. There are filled-in shapes layered under the lines of the face in red along the left side of the forehead and neck, in yellow on the right side of the chin and neck, and in blue across the cheekbones.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.308.7
People
Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Spanish (Malaga, Spain 1881 - 1973 Mougins, France)
Printed by Hidalgo Arnéra
Title
Jacqueline with Glossy Hair (state iv/v: blue on red on yellow on beige)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Jacqueline aux cheveux lisses
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1962
Culture
Spanish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/362473

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Linocut on white wove paper
Technique
Linocut
Dimensions
74.9 × 62.1 cm (29 1/2 × 24 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Lower edge, in graphite: Linogravure de Picasso - 351 - Grande Tête rouge, bleu, jaune - 1962 - tirage du bleu sur rouge, jaune et beige le 8.3.62 / 9
  • label: John Szoke / 24 West 57th Street, Suite 304, New York, NY 10019 / Pablo Picasso / B1066 Portrait de Jacqueline aux Cheveux lisses, 1962 / Linocut printed in beige, yellow, red, and blue on Arches paper with / Arches watermark / Working proof from the third state of the image / Inscribed in pencil by Hidalgo Arnera, bottom recto, and stamped / "Imprimerie Arnera Archives / Non Signe" in ink, verso / Printed by Hidalgo Arnera, 1962 / Image: 25 x 20 7/8 inches / Sheet: 29 1/2 x 24 7/16 inches / Framed: 33 1/2 x 28 1/4 inches / (Bloch 1066) (Baer 1302) / PICP2016068g

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Estate of Hidalgo Arnéra, sold; through [Frederick Mulder, Ltd, London, England]; to [John Szoke, New York] sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2018.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund and purchase through generosity of Jeanne and Geoff Champion and Barbara K. Wheaton
Copyright
© Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
2018.308.7
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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