Woman with Kerchief (Primary Title)
Woman with Kerchief (Portrait of Fernande Olivier) (Alternate Title)
Fernande au mouchoir de tête (Alternate Title)
Head of Andorran Peasant (Former Title)
Head of a Peasant Woman (Former Title)
Pablo Picasso, Spanish, 1881 - 1973 (Artist)
The art dealer Ambroise Vollard purchased nearly all of the works in Picasso’s studio in early 1906, which afforded the artist a trip to his native Spain that summer. While there, the strong current of Classicism that ran through the modern art worlds of Paris and Barcelona at the time affected Picasso greatly. Living and working in a remote Pyrenean village, he explored an ideal of timeless rusticity and Mediterranean Classicism, aspects of which emerge in the earthen palette and serene, mask-like physiognomy of the figure in the portrait, his companion Fernande Olivier.
Signed, lower right: "Picasso"
T. Catesby Jones Collection
"Picasso's Drawings 1890 - 1921, Reinventing Tradition," National Gallery of Art, February 5 - May 6, 2012
"Matisse, Picasso, and Modern Art in Paris: The T. Catesby Jones Collections at VMFA and the University of Virginia Art Museum," VMFA Statewide Exhibition, UVA, Charlottesville, January 30 - April 24, 2009; Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, August 15 - November 29, 2009; William King Regional Art Center, Abingdon, December 11, 2009 - February 21, 2010; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, May 1 - August 15, 2010
"Picasso," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, November 18 - December 22, 1974
"Picasso for Portland," The Portland Art Museum, September 21 - October 25, 1970
"Picasso," Fort Worth Art Center, February 5 - March 15, 1967
"Gaughin and the Decorative Style," The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, June 23 - October 23, 1966
"Picasso," orgainzed by the American Federation of the Arts: National Museum of Tokyo, May 23 - July 5, 1964; National Museum of Moder Art, Kyoto, July 10 - August 3, 1964; an d Prefectural Art Museum, Nagoya, August 7 - 18, 1964
"Picasso and Man," The Art Gallery of Toronto, January 11 - February 16, 1964; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, February 27 - March 31, 1964
"Picasso: An American Tribute," M. Knoedler & Co., New York, April 1962
20th Century Gallery, Williamsburg, September 12 - October 10, 1960
"Collectors' Choice," Atlanta Art Association Galleries, February 18 - March 1, 1959
"Current Painting Styles and their Sources," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, June 1- July 20, 1958
“Modern French Painting,” Norfolk Museum, March 1 - March 26, 1958; Mary Baldwin College, April 9 - April 19, 1958
Milwaukee Art Institute, September 12 - October 20, 1954
Lynchburg Art Center, March 26 - April 16, 1954
Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA May 1953
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, January 5 – February 3, 1953
Hollins College, Roanoke, VA, December 5 - 22, 1952
Thalhimers Brothers, Richmond, August 1952
Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, April 8 - July 2, 1951
Sweetbriar College, April 1948
"The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Roanoke," Roanoke, VA, January 4 - 11, 1947, (cat. no.16)
"Picasso Before 1907," M. Knoedler & Co., New York, October 15 - November 8, 1947, (cat. no.47)
"Portrait Panorama," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, September 11 - October 12, 1947, (not listed in catalog?)
"Nineteenth Century French Painting," Eighth Anniversary Exhibition of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, January 19 - February 20, 1944, (cat. no.47)
"Picasso: Forty Years of His Art," Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 15, 1939 - January 7, 1940; The Art Institute of Chicago, February 1 - March 3, 1940
"Painting in Paris," Museum of Modern Art, New York, January 19 - February 16, 1930
"Matisse, Picasso, and Modern Art in Paris: The T. Catesby Jones Collections at VMFA and the University of Virginia Art Museum," VMFA Statewide Exhibition, UVA, Charlottesville, January 30 - April 24, 2009; Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, August 15 - November 29, 2009; William King Regional Art Center, Abingdon, December 11, 2009 - February 21, 2010; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, May 1 - August 15, 2010
"Picasso," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, November 18 - December 22, 1974
"Picasso for Portland," The Portland Art Museum, September 21 - October 25, 1970
"Picasso," Fort Worth Art Center, February 5 - March 15, 1967
"Gaughin and the Decorative Style," The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, June 23 - October 23, 1966
"Picasso," orgainzed by the American Federation of the Arts: National Museum of Tokyo, May 23 - July 5, 1964; National Museum of Moder Art, Kyoto, July 10 - August 3, 1964; an d Prefectural Art Museum, Nagoya, August 7 - 18, 1964
"Picasso and Man," The Art Gallery of Toronto, January 11 - February 16, 1964; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, February 27 - March 31, 1964
"Picasso: An American Tribute," M. Knoedler & Co., New York, April 1962
20th Century Gallery, Williamsburg, September 12 - October 10, 1960
"Collectors' Choice," Atlanta Art Association Galleries, February 18 - March 1, 1959
"Current Painting Styles and their Sources," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, June 1- July 20, 1958
“Modern French Painting,” Norfolk Museum, March 1 - March 26, 1958; Mary Baldwin College, April 9 - April 19, 1958
Milwaukee Art Institute, September 12 - October 20, 1954
Lynchburg Art Center, March 26 - April 16, 1954
Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA May 1953
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, January 5 – February 3, 1953
Hollins College, Roanoke, VA, December 5 - 22, 1952
Thalhimers Brothers, Richmond, August 1952
Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, April 8 - July 2, 1951
Sweetbriar College, April 1948
"The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Roanoke," Roanoke, VA, January 4 - 11, 1947, (cat. no.16)
"Picasso Before 1907," M. Knoedler & Co., New York, October 15 - November 8, 1947, (cat. no.47)
"Portrait Panorama," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, September 11 - October 12, 1947, (not listed in catalog?)
"Nineteenth Century French Painting," Eighth Anniversary Exhibition of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, January 19 - February 20, 1944, (cat. no.47)
"Picasso: Forty Years of His Art," Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 15, 1939 - January 7, 1940; The Art Institute of Chicago, February 1 - March 3, 1940
"Painting in Paris," Museum of Modern Art, New York, January 19 - February 16, 1930
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