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Collection Online as of April 17, 2024

Woman with a Cape

Woman with a Cape

early 1901
(Spanish, 1881–1973)
Spain, 20th century
oil on canvas
Framed: 92.4 x 69.9 x 7.9 cm (36 3/8 x 27 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 73 x 50.2 cm (28 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.)
Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1958.44
© Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: 223 20th Century Avant-Garde

Did You Know?

This is one of Picasso's rare portraits of a professional model. He painted it during his second visit to Paris and displayed it in an exhibition at Ambroise Vollard's gallery on the rue Laffite. The exhibition attracted considerable critical and commercial success.

Description

Pablo Picasso created this portrait of an artist’s model named Jeanne in the spring of 1901, in preparation for his first important exhibition in Paris. At this early point in his career, he painted in a style featuring rapidly applied, bold brushwork. Careful analysis reveals that the artist used three differently sized brushes: a wide one for the background and dress, a narrower one for the hat, and a smaller pointed one for the face.
  • 1919
    (Paris, France, 1919, sold to John Quinn, New York, NY)
    1919
    John Quinn [1870-1924], New York, NY
    (Demotte Collection, Paris, France)
    1935-1937
    Robert Lebel [1901-1986] Paris, France
    1937
    (Reinhardt Gallery and Courvoisier Galleries, San Francisco, CA)
    1958
    Leonard C. Hannah, Jr. [1889-1957] Cleveland, OH, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art,
    1958-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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