Head of a Woman, in Profile (Tête de femme, de profil)
1905, published 1913
Medium
drypoint on wove Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
sheet: 62.2 x 48.5 cm (24 1/2 x 19 1/8 in.) plate: 29.2 x 24.9 cm (11 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The John U. and Evelyn S. Nef Collection
Accession Number
2011.60.55
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Pablo Picasso · 1881–1973
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), born Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso in Málaga, Spain, was the son of José Ruiz Blasco, a painter and art professor who served as his first teacher. From age seven, Picasso trained under his father in figure drawing and oil painting, mastering naturalistic techniques by copying mas...