Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Bust of a Woman (Marie-Thérèse)
Image View:
Detail, front of the bust with breasts
Creator:
Pablo Picasso (Spanish sculptor, 1881-1973)
Location:
repository: Musée Picasso [Paris] (Paris, Île-de-France, France) MP298
Location Note:
From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
Date:
1931 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
bronze
Technique:
casting (process); modeling (forming)
Measurements:
78 cm (height) x 44.5 cm (width) x 54 cm (depth)
Subjects:
abstraction; portrait; Walter, Marie-Thérèse; portrait bust
Description:
In 1927, Picasso met 17-year-old Marie-Thérèse Walter (1909-1977) and began a secret affair with her, while still married to his wife Olga. This was sculpted in Boisegeloup in 1931 and a single bronze cast was made. Picasso was nearly 50 when, in June 1930, he bought the Château de Boisgeloup, hidden away in Normandy, about 45 miles northwest of Paris. (Source: Le Fur, Yves, ed.; Through the Eyes of Picasso: Face to Face with African and Oceanic Art, Paris: Editions Flammarion, 2017 (978-2-08-020319-9))
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-PICASSO-FAFFM-BO AW-A06
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Bust of a Woman (Marie-Thérèse)