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View source →Pablo Picasso, 1903
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
27 5/8 x 21 7/8 in. (70.2 x 55.6 cm)
Style
Blue Period figuration
Decade
1900s
The official Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY record identifies Erotic Scene (La Douceur) as a Pablo Picasso painting, dated 1903, in Oil on canvas. This catalog entry follows the holding institution’s title, material, date, dimensions, and object link rather than inferring undocumented subject matter or artist intent.
Erotic Scene (La Douceur) is grouped here under Blue 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: Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982.
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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