Pablo Picasso
Tête de femme, de profil [Madeleine] (Head of a Woman in Profile [Madeleine]

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

PrinterPrinted by Eugène Delâtre (French, 1864–1938)French, 1864–1938

CultureSpanish

Titles

Tête de femme, de profil [Madeleine] (Head of a Woman in Profile [Madeleine]

Date1905, probably printed 1913

PlaceParis, France

MediumDrypoint on wove paper, proof before steel facing

DimensionsPlate: 11 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (29.2 × 24.8 cm)
Sheet: 17 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. (44.5 × 29.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Max and Isabell Smith Herzstein in honor of Caroline Wiess Law

Object number2000.54

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryOn loan to the Herzstein's residence from November 27, 2002 to April 14, 2004 (see accession file for more information).

"The Rise of Modernism: Europe and America," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Aug. 20, 2021 - Jan. 2, 2022. [Second Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed in graphite, left bottom edge: 1er etat, les [illegible]
Recto: Signed in graphite, below plate, lower right: Picasso
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, right bottom edge: HP-

Recto: Signed in graphite, below plate, lower right: Picasso

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Catalogue raisonnéBloch 6, Geiser / Baer 7 a/c

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