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