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Woman with a Fan

Woman with a Fan

Artist/Maker (Spanish, active in France, 1881–1973)
Date1905
MediumPen and black ink on paper
DimensionsOverall: 12 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (32.7 × 22.5 cm)
Credit LineCharles F. Olney Fund
Object number1949.80
Status
Not on view
Copyright© Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, NYMore Information
Made during Picasso's "rose" period, this is most likely a study for an oil painting of the same title and year. The sketch and painting, however, are remarkably different. Here a dancer sits in profile, her arms resting heavily on her lap, and her left hand lazily holding a fan. Her back curves outward and her eyelids droop. In the painting she is more dramatic and dynamic; she no longer sits and her hand is raised.
ProvenanceM. Vladimir Raykis, Paris, FR. Theodore Schempp [1904-1988], New York; purchased by 1949 by Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Drawings and Watercolors from the Oberlin Collection
  • University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (March 11, 1956 - April 1, 1956 )
An American University Collection: Works of Art from the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio
  • Kenwood House, London (May 3, 1962 - October 30, 1962 )
Treasures from the Allen Memorial Art Museum
  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN (July 21, 1966 - September 11, 1966 )
Eighteen Master Drawings
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (December 6, 1973 - December 31, 1973 )
Prints and Drawings by Picasso
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 22, 1981 - October 25, 1981 )
Saving Face: The Portrait
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 5, 1986 - September 28, 1986 )
European Master Drawings from the Allen Memorial Art Museum
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (October 29, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
Out of Line: Drawings from the Allen from the Twentieth Century and Beyond
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 1, 2009 - December 23, 2009 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
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