Large Female Nude, (6th and final state)

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Large Female Nude, (6th and final state)

Pablo Picasso (Spanish (worked in France), 1881–1973)

March 1962

Medium/Technique Reduction linocut printed in black over brown, reddish brown, and beige

Dimensions Block: 63.8 x 52.8 cm (25 1/8 x 20 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 75.2 x 61.8 cm (29 5/8 x 24 5/16 in.)

Credit Line Lee M. Friedman Fund, Sophie M. Friedman Fund, and Museum purchase with funds from the Print and Drawing Club and donated by the Aaron Foundation, Ruth V. S. Lauer in memory of Julia Wheaton Saines, and Virginia Herrick Deknatel

Accession Number2002.48

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Contemporary Art, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Geiser-Baer 1309 VI.A.2.; Bloch 1085

State State 6 of 6

DescriptionTrial proof. Sixth state of six.

Signed unsigned

InscriptionsVerso l.l. in graphite pencil (by printer): Linogravure Originale de Picasso H. Arnéra;
Verso l.l. in graphite pencil: F4986/6

ProvenanceHidalgo Arnéra, the printer, Vallauris, France; his estate; Frederick Mulder, London; 2002, sold by Frederick Mulder to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 20, 2002)