The Red Armchair
Pablo Picasso Spanish, active France, 1881–1973
December 16, 1931
On view — Gallery 394 at the Art Institute of Chicago.
In December 1931 Pablo Picasso began a series of paintings of Marie-Thérèse Walter, a French model with whom he was romantically involved while married to his first wife, Olga Khokhlova. Perhaps acknowledging their double life, Picasso invented a new motif–a face encompassing both frontal and…
Description courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Medium
- Oil and Ripolin on panel
- Dimensions
- 131.1 × 98.7 cm (51 5/8 × 38 7/8 in.)
- Origin
- Spain