Pablo Picasso
Two Nudes

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Artist Pablo PicassoSpanish, 1881–1973

CultureSpanish

Titles

Two Nudes

Date1906

PlaceFrance

MediumCharcoal on laid paper

DimensionsOverall: 24 3/4 × 18 in. (62.9 × 45.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Oveta Culp Hobby

Object number58.16

Not on view

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceCollection of Leo and Gertrude Stein, Paris, in or after 1906-jointly owned until 1913/1914; to Gertrude Stein, Paris, 1913/1914-until later; to [Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York] [1]; sold to Oveta Culp Hobby, Houston, before 1958-December 23, 1958; given to MFAH, 1958.

[1] Mignon Smith for Pierre Matisse Gallery, letter to Linda Henderson at MFAH, 19 June 1975.
Exhibition HistoryKinkaid School, Houston, 1963.

"Picasso," Fort Worth Art Center, February 5–March 26, 1967.

Mrs. William P. (Oveta Culp) Hobby, Houston, TX, November 26–March 25, 1968.

"Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family," Museum of Modern Art, New York, December 19, 1970–March 1, 1971; Baltimore Museum of Art, April 4–May 30, 1971; San Francisco Museum of Art, September 15–October 31, 1971.

"Picasso: The Early Years, 1892-1906," National Gallery of Art, Washington, March 30–July 27, 1997; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, September 10, 1997–January 4, 1998.

"The Stein Family Collections," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 21–September 6, 2011; Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, October 3, 2011–January 16, 2012; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 21–June 3, 2012.

"Picasso Black and White," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 20–May 27, 2013.

"Picasso: Seven Decades of Drawing," Acquavella Galleries, New York, October 7–December 3, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Signed in graphite, lower left: Picasso [underlined]

Watermark: Verso left edge: INGRES [repeat twice at top and bottom]

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