Two Men Contemplating a Bust of a Woman's Head
1931
Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 32.9 x 26.1 cm (12 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
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Accession
1990.49.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Zervos, undescribed
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Copyright
© 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Curtis O. Baer [1898-1976]; by descent to Dr. and Mrs. George Baer; designated purchase by NGA with funds contributed by Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1990.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1958
Drawings from the Collection of Curtis O. Baer, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 1958, no. 54 (cat. by Agnes Mongan).
1981
Drawings from Georgia collections, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, 1981, no. 44.
1985
Master Drawings from Titian to Picasso, The Curtis O. Baer Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, and tour, 1985-1987, no. 91 (cat. by Eric M. Zafran).
1991
Art for the Nation, Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991, pp. 334-335.
1992
Picasso Clásico, Junta di Andalucía/Consejería de Cultura y Medio Ambiente, Madrid and Málaga, 1992-93, no. 48.
Bibliography
1932
Zervos, Christian. Pablo Picasso. 33 vols. Paris, 1932-1978.
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: Picasso / Paris le 27 novembre XXXI
Wikidata ID
Q64618759