Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Large Still Life with Pedestal Table
Alternate Title:
Grande Nature morte au guéridon
Image View:
Detail, pitcher with handle and abstraction of Marie-Thérèse's head
Creator:
Pablo Picasso (Spanish painter, 1881-1973)
Location:
repository: Musée Picasso [Paris] (Paris, Île-de-France, France) MP134
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:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
195 cm (height) x 130.5 cm (width)
Subjects:
abstraction; portrait; still life; Walter, Marie-Thérèse
Description:
This is both a still life and an abstracted portrait of Picasso's mistress, Marie-Thérèse Walter, which at the time was clandestine. Here she is portrayed as "woman as flower" or "woman as fruit." It was painted in Paris, March 11, 1931. (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-LS P-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Large Still Life with Pedestal Table