Half-Length Female Nude

1. Paul Guillaume (1891–1934), Paris, by June 1929 [Sarraut 1930]; by descent to his wife, Domenica Guillaume (later Domenica Walter, 1898-1977), Paris, 1934; probably consigned to Valentine Gallery, New York, by 1936 [New York 1936]; sold to Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. (1909–1988), New York and Warrenton, VA, by Oct. 1937 [Detroit 1937 and Sept. 24, 1975 letter from William Mayglothling, copies in curatorial object file]; sold, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, Mar. 22, 1945, lot 97, to Jacques Helft (1891–1980), Paris and Buenos Aires [this and the following according to Oct. 29, 1975 letter from Jacques Helft, in curatorial object file]; consigned to Allen Loebl, Paris, c. 1946–1955. Florene May Schoenborn (1903–1995) and Samuel A. Marx (1885–1964), Chicago, from 1955 [New York 1965]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 31, 1959.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Paris, Galerie Bernheim–Jeune, Collection Paul Guillaume, May 25–June 27, 1929.
• New York, Valentine [Dudensing] Gallery, Picasso: Retrospective Exhibition 1901–1934, (alt. title Picasso 1901–1934), Oct. 26–Nov. 21, 1936, cat. 31, as Buste de Femme, 1907–8.
• Detroit Institute of Arts, Walter P. Chrysler Collection, Oct. 1937, cat. 18, as Buste de femme–jeune fille.
• San Francisco, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, Seven Centuries of Painting, Dec. 29, 1939–Jan. 28, 1940, cat. y-192, as Portrait of a Woman.
• Arts Club of Chicago, Origins of Modern Art, Apr. 2–30, 1940, cat. 68, as Portrait of a Woman.
• Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Walter P. Chrysler Jr., Jan. 16–Mar. 4, 1941, cat. 156, as Buste de Femme; Philadelphia Museum of Art, March 29–May 11, 1941.
• Paris, Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Picasso: Peintures 1900–1955, June–Oct. 1955, cat. 13, as Buste de femme nu.
• New York, Museum of Modern Art, The School of Paris: Paintings from the Florence May Schoenborn and Samuel A. Marx Collection, Nov. 1, 1965–Jan.2, 1966, no cat. no., as Bust of a Woman; Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 11–Mar. 27, 1966; St. Louis, City Art Museum of St. Louis, Apr. 27–June 13, 1966; Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, July 2–Aug. 7, 1966; San Francisco, Museum of Art, Sept. 2–Oct. 2, 1966.
• Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Picasso in Chicago, Feb. 3–Mar. 31, 1968, cat. 10, as Bust of Woman.
• Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Frames: Selected European Frames from the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 17–Dec. 14, 1986.
• Washington, National Gallery of Art, Picasso: The Early Years, 1892–1909, Mar. 30–July 27, 1997, cat. 179, as Bust of a Woman; Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Sept. 10, 1997–Jan. 4, 1998.
• Washington, National Gallery of Art, Picasso: The Early Years, 1892–1909, Mar. 30–July 27, 1997, cat. 152, as Girl with a Pitcher; traveled to Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Sept. 10, 1997–Jan. 4, 1998.

• Albert Sarraut, Variations sur la peinture contemporaine (Paris: Des Quatre Chemins, 1930), opp. p. 24 (ill.).
• Waldemar George, La grande peinture contemporaine à la collection Paul Guillaume (Paris: Éditions des “Arts à Paris”, 1930) pp. 114 (ill.), 115, 189, as Buste de Jeune Fille.
• Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso I (Paris: Cahiers d’Art, 1932), p. 179, no. 374 (ill.), as Bust of a Woman,Valentine Gallery, Picasso: Retrospective Exhibition 1901–1934, exh. cat. (New York: Valentine Gallery, 1936), cat. 31.
• Detroit Institute of Arts, Walter P. Chrysler Collection, exh. cat. (Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1937), p. 5, cat. 18.
• M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, Seven Centuries of Painting, exh. cat. (San Francisco: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, 1939), p. 54, cat. y-192.
• Jean Cassou, Picasso, (Paris: Hyperion, 1940), p. 165, pl. 58.Arts Club of Chicago, Origins of Modern Art, exh. cat. (Chicago: Arts Club of Chicago, 1940), cat. 68.
• “Fashion: Picasso paintings on display,” Vogue 95, no. 1 (Jan. 1, 1940), 33 (ill.).
• Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., exh. cat. (Richmond, Va.: Museum of Fine Arts, 1941), pp. 86, cat. 156 (ill.).
• Joan Merli, Picasso (Buenos Aires: Editorial Poseidon, 1948), n.p., fig. 156, as Busto de Mujer.
• Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Picasso: Peintures 1900–1955, exh. cat. (Paris: Musée des Arts Decoratifs, 1955), cat. 13 (ill.).
• Frank Elgar and Robert Maillard, Picasso, trans. by Francis Scarfe (New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1956), n.p. (ill.), as Nude.
• The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), p. 358, as Figure.

The Old Guitarist

Art Institute of Chicago

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler

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The Red Armchair

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Mother and Child

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Portrait of Pablo Picasso

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Man with a Pipe

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Head of a Woman (Fernande)

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Nude under a Pine Tree

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