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Two Nude Women (A series of progressive proofs)

1945–46

Pablo Picasso

(Spanish, 1881–1973)
printer and publisher

Mourlot

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Culture
Spain, 20th century
Medium
lithograph
Measurements
Image: 26 x 34.9 cm (10 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.); Sheet: 32.5 x 44.3 cm (12 13/16 x 17 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1972.53.2
Catalogue raisonné
Bloch 390; Mourlot 16
State
IV
Copyright
© Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

The two figures in this print are thought to represent the painter Françoise Gilot and the photographer Dora Maar, both of whom were romantically involved with Picasso around this time.

Description

Picasso printed each of these 10 lithographs from the same stone. This technique involves chemically sealing a drawing to the surface of a printing stone so that ink adheres to the design and the stone can be run through a printing press. Picasso edited and reprinted his stone as he transformed the image. The artist ultimately created 21 states, or variations, highlighting his fascination with what he described as the “metamorphosis” possible through printmaking. He experimented with realistic and abstract versions of the composition, which features women sitting and sleeping, while also adding and removing marginal images as he worked.

Two Nude Women (A series of progressive proofs)

1945–46

Pablo Picasso, Mourlot

(Spanish, 1881–1973)
Spain, 20th century

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