Large Female Nude, working proof (2nd state)

Pablo Picasso (Spanish (worked in France), 1881–1973)

March 8, 1962

Medium/TechniqueReduction linocut, trial proof printed in reddish brown

DimensionsBlock: 63.8 x 52.8 cm (25 1/8 x 20 13/16 in.); Sheet: 75 x 61.8 cm (29 1/2 x 24 5/16 in.)

Credit LineLee M. Friedman Fund, Sophie M. Friedman Fund, and Museum purchase with funds from the Print and Drawing Club and donated by the Aaron Foundation, Ruth V. S. Lauer in memory of Julia Wheaton Saines, and Virginia Herrick Deknatel

Accession number2002.44

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InscriptionsRecto lower margin, by the printer, in graphite pencil: Linogravure de Picasso. 367 Grand Nu de femme. 1962. épreuve de brun. 2me ETAT. 8.3.62 Verso lower left, by the printer, in graphite pencil: Linogravure Originale de Picasso H. Arnéra Verso lower left in graphite pencil: F4896/1

ProvenanceHidalgo Arnéra, the printer, Vallauris, France; his estate; Frederick Mulder, London; 2002, sold by Frederick Mulder to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 20, 2002)