Gertrude Stein

American, 1874 - 1946

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Shown from the thighs up, a woman faces our left in profile as she lifts up one hand and holds a closed fan in the other in this vertical painting. The woman has pale, peachy skin, and her dark hair is tied with a pink bow at the back of her crown. She looks to our left with heavy-lidded eyes. She has a delicately pointed nose, and her lips are closed. Her electric-blue, long-sleeved shirt is tight fitting and has a scooped neck. A blue cloth ties around her waist and falls over a brown skirt. One knee juts forward. Her right hand, farther from us, is held face-high with the palm facing away. The fan is held out in the other hand in front of the woman’s waist. The background is streaked with smoky blue and gray. The artist signed and dated the lower right corner, “Picasso 1905.”
Pablo Picasso, Lady with a Fan, 1905, oil on canvas, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman, 1972.9.19

Lady with a Fan

Pablo Picasso · 1905 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1972.9.19

Paul Cezanne, Man with Pipe, 1892/1896, oil on canvas, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman, 1972.9.3

Man with Pipe

Paul Cezanne · 1892/1896 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1972.9.3