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Seated Nude

1943
Not on view
Picasso remained in Paris throughout the Nazi Occupation, working at his studio at 7, rue des Grands-Augustins, close to the cafés of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. This nude belongs to a group of drawings made in January 1943 of quiet, classicized female figures that descend directly from Picasso's neoclassical bathers of the 1920s. The sitter's hand-to-face gesture was borrowed from Ingres's portrait of Madame Moitessier (1856, National Gallery, London), but the quality of the line and the placement of the figure on the page recall the contemporary drawings of Picasso's friendly rival, Henri Matisse.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Seated Nude
  • Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France)
  • Date: 1943
  • Medium: Graphite on paper
  • Dimensions: 25 13/16 × 19 7/8 in. (65.5 × 50.5 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Ann Eden Woodward (Mrs. William Woodward Jr.), 1975
  • Object Number: 1978.264.7
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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