Picasso Femme Assise aux Bras Croisés Print

Seated amidst an interplay of verticle stripes is Marie-Thérèse Walter, Picasso’s companion at the time, whom he had secretly installed with their baby daughter Maya in an old house in the town of Le Tremblay-sur-Mauldre, an hour north of Paris, far away from his wife Olga Khohklova from whom he had separated. 

Here, the profile and the front merge to form a single face, the pupil of the right eye appearing to stick out from the eyelid like a tongue. Twisted in the same way, the hat takes on the curious shape of a propeller.

Femme assise aux bras croisés [Le Tremblay-sur-Mauldre] [Woman seated with crossed arms] 1937

15.3 x 20.6cm (image only)
27.8 x 35.2 x 0.1cm (including white matting)
made in New Zealand

Unframed prints can be shipped both nationally and internationally, framed prints are only available to be shipped within Aotearoa, New Zealand.