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Mother and Child (Study for Mother and Child)

Mother and Child (Study for Mother and Child)

1921
(Spanish, 1881–1973)
Spain, 20th century
pencil on paper
Sheet: 24.8 x 32.1 cm (9 3/4 x 12 5/8 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1949.527
© Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Pablo Picasso had also explored depictions of mothers and children decades earlier, during his Blue Period.

Description

This drawing is a study for a painting of the same title, in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago today. Around the time it was made, Picasso gravitated toward an austere, linear style evocative of Classical art and timeless subjects. Here, a mother wears a Greek robe, gazing down at her newborn who reaches upward. The composition is one of over ten versions that Picasso created around this time.
  • by 1934-1949
    Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1949-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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    Chipp, Herschel Browning , Alan Wofsy, and Fernand Mourlot. Picasso's paintings, watercolors, drawings and sculpture: a comprehensive illustrated catalogue, 1885-1973. San Francisco, CA: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1995. Mentioned and reproduced: vol. 2, p. 222, no. 21-193
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