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Nude (Study for The Harem)
spring-summer 1906
(Spanish, 1881–1973)
Unframed: 63.6 x 48.3 cm (25 1/16 x 19 in.)
Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1932.719
© 2024 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Catalogue raisonné: Zervos I.320; Sutton/Lecaldano 273; Daix, Boudaille, Rosselet XV.38; Palau i Fabre 1265; PP 1906-061
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
This drawing dates from Picasso's Rose period (1904–6), named for the rosy pink and orange hues that dominate many of his compositions from this time.- ?-1932(Marie Harriman Gallery, Inc., NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1932-Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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