Fernande Olivier

Pablo Picasso Spanish, 1881-1973 →

Cubismcharcoaldrawings (visual works)

Date

summer 1906

Medium

Charcoal, with stumping, on cream laid paper

Dimensions

61 × 45.8 cm (24 1/16 × 18 1/16 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Hermann Waldeck

This work depicts the artist and model Fernande Olivier (1881–1966). She was Picasso’s partner for eight years and frequent subject. The pair spent the summer of 1906 in the small town of Gósol in the Spanish Pyrenees and it was here that Picasso made the drawing. According to Olivier, their relationship was tumultuous because of their mutual jealousy, but, as a model and companion who catered to his demanding lifestyle, she was essential to his early success.

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