Head of a Woman (Fernande Olivier)
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Object Details
- Artist
- Pablo Picasso, Spanish, b. Málaga, 1881–1973
- Provenance
- [Heinz Berggruen, Paris, 1959, for the Artist]
- [Douglas Cooper, London]
- [Crane Kalman Gallery, London, June 1960]
- Galerie de l'Elysee, Paris, to 2 September 1961
- Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 2 September 1961-17 May 1966
- Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
- Exhibition History
- GALERIE DE L'ELYSEE, Paris
- ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, Toronto, Canada. "Picasso and Man," 11 January-16 February 1964, no. 34, ill. p. 50. TOUR: MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 28 February-31 March.
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, ill. 181, p. 137, p. 733.
- NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. "Picasso: The Early Years,1892-1906," 30 March-27 July 1997, cat. no. 167, p. 365, colorpl. 167, p. 334. TOUR: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, 10 September 1997- 4 January 1998.
- BUNKAMURA MUSEUM OF ART, Tokyo, Japan. "Pablo Picasso," 4 July-6 September 1998, colorpl. 30, p. 77. TOUR: NAGOYA CITY ART MUSEUM, Nagoya, Japan, 15 September-29 November.
- NAPLES MUSEUM OF ART, Florida. "Picasso: Preoccupations and Passions," 29 January-18 May 2008, fig. 14 (exh. brochure, color).
- MUSEE GRANET, Aix-en-Provence. "Picasso Cezanne," 25 May-27 September 2009, fig. 16, p. 75.
- Published References
- ZERVOS, CHRISTIAN. Pablo Picasso, vol. I, 3rd ed. (Paris: Cahiers d'Art, 1957), no. 323.
- CRANE KALMAN GALLERY. Picture on Exhibit 23/9 (June 1960), ill.
- RAYNOR, VIVIEN. "4,000 Paintings and 1,500 Sculptures," New York Times Magazine (27 November 1966), ill. p. 55.
- Catalogue of European and American Paintings and Sculpture in the Allen Memorial Art Museum (Ohio: Oberlin College, 1967), p. 208.
- SPIES, WERNER. Picasso Sculpture (New York: Thames & Hudson, 1971; 1972; 1976), no. 6, ill. p. 36.
- LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), p. 733, ill. p. 181.
- JOHNSON, RON. The Early Sculpture of Picasso 1901-1914 (Ph.D. Thesis; reprt. New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1976), p. 165.
- JOHNSON, UNA A. Ambriose Vollard, Editeur (New York; Museum of Modern Art, 1977), no. 227, p. 169.
- SPIES, WERNER. Picasso: Das Plastische Werk (Berlin: Nationalgalerie,1983), no. 6, ill. pp. 25, 326, p. 372.
- RUBIN, WILLIAM, ed. Picasso and Portraiture (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1996), ill. p. 135.
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
- (1905/cast 1959)
- Accession Number
- 66.4051
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- 14 1/4 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/8 in. (36.1 x 23.5 x 23.1 cm)
- See more items in
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
- School
- Spanish Modernism
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Record ID
- hmsg_66.4051
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2422ebbbc-eb88-4efc-af5f-4f2c210026a2
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