Young Woman with Mandolin / Pablo Picasso
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1994/1.69
- Title
- Young Woman with Mandolin
- Artist
- Pablo Picasso
- Artist Nationality
- Spanish
- Artist Life Dates
- 1881-1973
- Medium and Support
- oil on board
- Object Creation Date
- 1932
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- France (nation)
- Normandy (historical region)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- France (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Normandy (historical region)
- Credit Line
- Gift of The Carey Walker Foundation
- Style/Group/Movement
- Surrealism
- Inscription
- Signed upper right: Picasso
- Dimensions
- 83.82 cm x 66.99 cm x 6.35 cm (33 in. x 26 3/8 in. x 2 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- portrait
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Physical Description
- This painting depicts the abstract form of a woman sitting in a chair with her head, shown in profile and tilted upward. There is a stringed instrument in her lap and her hands rest on the arms of the chair. It is painted in muted colors of aqua and lavender with brighter areas of yellow, orange and blue. The figure, chair and instrument are created with just a few black lines to suggest their forms.
- Subject Matter
- The painting is an abstract rendering of a woman seated in a chair, playing a mandolin. Picasso has emphasized the theme by including several musical symbols. The subject is Marie Therese Walter, Picasso’s lover at the time.
- Secondary Keywords
- plucked
- allegory and literature
- chordophones
- genres
- lutelike chordophones
- lutelike chordophones with short neck
- modern and contemporary art
- movement
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- women
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 971 x 1381
- File Size
- 83 KB
- Record
- 1994/1.69
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1994-sl-1.69/1994_1.69.jpg
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"Young Woman with Mandolin; Pablo Picasso." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1994-sl-1.69/1994_1.69.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2025.
