Bust of Young Woman in Three-Quarter View (Buste de jeune femme en trois quarts)
1906, printed 1933
Medium
woodcut on laid Arches paper
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1952.8.278
Art Historical Context
Pablo Picasso’s "Bust of Young Woman in Three-Quarter View" was created in 1906, during a formative period when the artist was moving beyond his Blue and Rose periods toward the revolutionary experiments that would soon define Cubism. The woodcut, printed in 1933 on laid Arches paper, reveals Picasso’s early interest in bold, simplified forms and the expressive potential of relief printing. Its strong contours and flattened planes hint at the influence of ancient Iberian sculpture and non-Western art that shaped his thinking at the time. As a print, the work demonstrates how Picasso used the ...
About the Artist
Pablo Picasso
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...