Pablo Picasso
Deux femmes devant une fenêtre [Two Women in Front of a Window]

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Artist Pablo Picasso(Spanish, 1881–1973)Spanish, 1881–1973

CultureSpanish

Titles

Deux femmes devant une fenêtre [Two Women in Front of a Window]

Date1927

PlaceFrance

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions38 1/2 × 51 1/2 in. (97.8 × 130.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore N. Law

Object number64.17

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 203

Exposé

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

PAINTING

DescriptionAlways challenging himself anew, Pablo Picasso
continued to explore fresh means of balancing
illusion and representation in his post-Cubist
paintings, often drawing on his own life for
inspiration. Two Women in Front of a Window
presents two of the artist’s muses: one an
angular easel-like figure, possibly his wife
Olga, the other more ghostly and winsome,
whose profile matches that of his then-secret
lover Marie-Thérèse Walter.
ProvenanceCarlo Frua de Angeli, Milan; [Galerie Philippe Reichenbach, Paris]; Caroline Wiess Law, May 31, 1956–April 29, 1964; given to MFAH, 1964.
Exhibition History"Picasso," Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, June–October 1955.

"Paintings from Philippe Reichenbach Gallery (1950-1960)," Houston, March 15, 1960.

"Texas Collects 20th Century Art," Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts, May 14–30, 1963.

"Accessions and Proposals," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 30–May 24, 1964.

"Homage à Picasso," Musées Nationaux, Grand Palais, Paris, November, 1966–March, 1967.

"Modern Painting: 1900 to the Present," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 15–September 14, 1975.

"A Permanent Heritage," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 23, 1980–January 4, 1981.

"Direction and Diversity: Twentieth Century Art in the Museum Collection,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 21–September 3, 1988.

"The Dark Mirror – Picasso: Photography and Painting," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 16, 1997–February 1, 1998.

"A Spirited Vision: Highlights of the Bequest of Caroline Wiess Law to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 22–April 25, 2004.

"Picasso Arlecchino," Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, October 10, 2008–February 8, 2009.

"Picasso," Museu Picasso de Barcelona, February 24–May 27, 2013.

"Europe 1900-1975: Selections from the Museum's Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 4, 2014–January 4, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed lower right corner: Picasso/ Picasso

Catalogue raisonnéZervos, vol. 7, no. 76.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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