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Head of a Boy
Head of a Boy
1905-1906
Pablo Picasso
(Spanish, 1881-1973)
Opaque matte paint, possibly tempera
Support: Board, laid down on wood and cradled
Sheet: 24.6 x 18.6 cm (9 11/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1958.43
© Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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The delicate facial features, pensive lips, and almond-shaped eyes of this dreamy adolescent are characteristic of similar figures that appear repeatedly in Picasso's paintings of harlequin and circus figures of 1905. This work was owned by the American writer and patron of the artist, Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), and a photograph of her apartment in Paris taken around 1907 shows the work hanging there.
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