Pablo PicassoSpanish, 1881–1973Head (Tête)
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
The woman’s head in this painting contains multiple perspectives, most notably seen in the opposing profiles formed by the red and tan forms in the center, each with its own eye. A third eye appears on the left side of the face which can be read as a frontal view. While the woman’s features resemble those of Picasso’s lover, Marie Thérèse Walter, she was probably not the model since they did not meet until January 1927. The contrast in style between this painting and Picasso’s Head of a Boy (1905–6) is a testament to the artist’s boundless creativity.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Particulars
- Accession number
- 2020.112
In the catalog
Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art: the museum's own open data · fetched 7 days ago
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — © Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
