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View source →Pablo Picasso, March 7, 1949, dated by artist April 7, 1949
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 64.1 × 49.6 cm (25 1/4 × 19 9/16 in.); Sheet: 65.6 × 50 cm (25 7/8 × 19 11/16 in.)
Style
Late Picasso
Decade
1940s
The official Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois record identifies Bust with Star Background as a Pablo Picasso lithograph, dated March 7, 1949, dated by artist April 7, 1949, in Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. This catalog entry preserves the holding institution’s title and object metadata rather than inferring undocumented imagery, sitter identity, or artist intent.
Bust with Star Background is grouped under Late Period for gallery navigation using the date published by Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. This period label provides high-level art-historical orientation and does not supersede the primary collection record. The institutional credit line is: Purchased with funds provided by Cyrus Adams.
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Public Collection — Open to visitors
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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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