Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Multicolored American Indian head
Alternate Title:
Motley Head of an Indian
Image View:
Overall view
Creator:
Pablo Picasso (Spanish painter, 1881-1973)
Location:
exhibition: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
Location Note:
From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
Date:
1907-1908 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on wood
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
17.5 cm (height) x 14 cm (width)
Subjects:
abstraction; Native North Americans
Description:
Private collection. Painted in Paris, 1907-1908, and shows the influence of African masks. Considered part of his African Period and Proto-Cubist. Also exhibited at Museu Picasso, Barcelona (Archivo F.X. exhibit, 2012). (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-MA I-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Multicolored American Indian head