Modern and Contemporary Art Woman and Children Probably made in France, Europe1961 Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, Spanish, 1881 - 1973 Oil on canvas * Gallery 174, Modern and Contemporary Art, first floor (Tuttleman Gallery) 1964-109-1 Gift of Mrs. John Wintersteen, 1964 |
LabelIn 1955 Pablo Picasso bought La Californie, an ornate nineteenth-century villa in Cannes, where he set up his studio in a high-ceilinged room overlooking a garden filled with eucalyptus and palm trees. It was in this top-floor studio that Picasso painted Jacqueline Roque, flanked by two children who can be identified as Paloma Picasso, the artist's twelve-year-old daughter from his earlier relationship with Françoise Gilot, on the left, and Cathy, Jacqueline's fifteen-year old daughter, shown faceless on the right. Completed on April 20, 1961, this painting portrays a family united through Picasso's marriage to Jacqueline in the previous month.* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
