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View source →Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1907
Medium
Gouache and watercolor on tan wove paper; subsequently mounted to panel
Dimensions
12 3/16 x 9 7/16 in. (31 x 24 cm)
Style
Proto-Cubism
Decade
1900s
The official Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY record identifies Head of a Woman (Study for "Nude with Drapery") as a Pablo Picasso drawing, dated Paris, 1907, in Gouache and watercolor on tan wove paper; subsequently mounted to panel. This catalog entry follows the holding institution’s title, material, date, dimensions, and object link rather than inferring undocumented subject matter or artist intent.
Head of a Woman (Study for "Nude with Drapery") is grouped here under African / Proto-Cubist Period for gallery navigation based on the date published by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. This period label is interpretive context, not a replacement for the cited primary object record. The institutional credit line is: Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Collection, Gift of Leonard A. Lauder, 2016.
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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