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View source →Pablo Picasso, 1904
Medium
Watercolor on paper (recto and verso)
Dimensions
sheet 27 × 36.8 cm
Style
Blue Period Drawing
Decade
1900s
A single sheet contains a brooding woman on one side and three children on the other, preserving two related acts of observation within one fragile watercolor object. Picasso's choice of watercolor on paper (recto and verso) shapes how the subject is encountered: the material, scale, and method are not incidental but part of the artwork's visual argument. The record is held by Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA, whose direct object page verifies the canonical title, date, medium, dimensions, and collection attribution. This catalog entry therefore distinguishes documented facts from interpretive reading and directs visitors to the institutional record for further research.
MoMA records the recto and verso together as one 1904 object; the catalog must preserve that dual identity rather than treat the images as independent works. The work belongs in a broader account of Picasso's sustained shifts among drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, and sculpture rather than in a simplified single-style narrative. Its museum object number and rights statement allow the gallery to provide reliable scholarship without presenting an unlicensed reproduction as if it were freely reusable. The site will retain the official collection link as the authoritative factual reference and use a rights-aware fallback for the image display.
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2026 Estimated Value
Public collection / market value not asserted
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Last Known Sale
No public auction record — held in permanent museum collection
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