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View source →Pablo Picasso, 1908
Medium
Charcoal and graphite on paper, mounted on paperboard
Dimensions
24 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. (63.2 x 47.9 cm)
Style
Proto-Cubism
Decade
1900s
The official Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY record identifies Seated Nude as a Pablo Picasso drawing, dated 1908, in Charcoal and graphite on paper, mounted on paperboard. This catalog entry follows the holding institution’s title, material, date, dimensions, and object link rather than inferring undocumented subject matter or artist intent.
Seated Nude 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: 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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