Pablo Picasso
Portrait de Françoise, en costume tailleur (Portrait of Françoise, dressed in a suit)

Portrait de Françoise, en costume tailleur (Portrait of Françoise, dressed in a suit)

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Portrait de Françoise, en costume tailleur (Portrait of Françoise, dressed in a suit)
Portrait de Françoise, en costume tailleur (Portrait of Françoise, dressed in a suit)
ArtistSpanish, 1881–1973
CultureSpanish
Titles
  • Portrait de Françoise, en costume tailleur (Portrait of Françoise, dressed in a suit)
Datec. 1946
PlaceSpain
MediumDrypoint on laid paper, edition of 8
DimensionsPlate: 27 1/4 × 19 3/8 in. (69.2 × 49.2 cm)
Sheet: 29 × 22 1/4 in. (73.7 × 56.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Museum Collectors
Object number96.853
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; Marina Picasso Collection; [Jan Krugier Gallery, New York, by 1996]; purchased by MFAH, 1996.
Exhibition History"Patrons Choice: The Silver Anniversary of The Museum Collectors," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 18, 2004–January 30, 2005.

"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: In the upper right corner of the plate there is an illegible intaglio stamp of the copperplate maker that has taken some ink from the plate tone and thus prints. A stamp i purple ink with a circle around, verso: "Succ. Pablo PICASSO Coll. Merina PICASSO". The sheet is inscribed, verso, in pencil: "1946 1133 BO 23221 669".
Catalogue raisonnéGeiser/Baer 732

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