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The making of Picasso’s ‘Woman in a long dress’

11/2018 | 1388 | 160

Pages: 920-927

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Subjects

art literature:

Kahnweiler, Daniel-Henry / Spies, Werner / Eluard, Paul / Read, Peter / Leiris, Michel / Cocteau, Jean

artists:

Picasso, Pablo / Brassaï / González, Julio / Rousseau, Henri / Maar, Dora / Duncan, David Douglas

collectors and dealers:

Loeb, Pierre

dates:

1900-1949 / 1930-1939 / 1940-1949

media:

Sculpture / Plaster / Bronzes / Assemblages / Metalwork / Photographs / Art objects

subjects:

Spanish sculpture / World War (1939-1945) / Portraits / Self-portraits / Identification / Modernism / Neo-classicism / Kouroi / Visual sources / Casts (sculpture) / Studios (work spaces)

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Woman in a long dress, by Pablo Picasso. Here dated 1941–42. Bronze, 161.3 by 53.7 by 45.7 cm. (Private collection; photograph W.B. Dewey; © DACS London, 2018).

Attributed works:

3. Portrait of the artist’s mother, by Pablo Picasso. 1896. Pastel on paper, 49.8 by 39 cm. (Museu Picasso, Barcelona; Bridgeman Images; © DACS London, 2018).

Attributed works:

4. Portrait of Yadwiga, by Henri Rousseau. 1895. Canvas, 160 by 105 cm. (Musée Picasso, Paris; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

5. Picasso and his stove, rue des Grands Augustins, by Brassaï. 1939. (Private collection / Photo © Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

6. Picasso’s Head of a bull with an arm from Easter Island, by Brassaï. 1943. Gelatin silver print, 17.7 by 24 cm. (Musée National Picasso, Paris; © DACS London, 2018).

Attributed works:

7. Head of a bull, by Pablo Picasso. 1942. Bicycle saddle and handlebars, 33.5 by 43.5 by 19 cm. (Musée National Picasso, Paris; © DACS London, 2018).

Attributed works:

8. ‘L’Aubade’ and ‘Woman in a long dress’ in Picasso’s rue des Grands Augustins studio, Paris, by Brassaï. 1946. Photograph. (Musée National Picasso, Paris; © DACS London, 2018).

Attributed works:

9. Front steps of La Californie with Picasso and the welder at work, by David Douglas Duncan. 1957. (From D.D. Duncan: Goodbye Picasso, New York 1975, p.65).

Western art unattributed:

2. Female statue, known as the Woman of Auxerre, c.640–630 BC. Limestone, height 75 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).

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