Head of a Woman

<p>This remarkable drawing, likely modeled on Fernande Olivier, shows how Picasso approached the human head as a group of faceted planes as if it were a sculpture in two dimensions. Instead of delineating her face as a portrait likeness, the artist formed her cheeks, eye sockets, nose, and hair out of geometric shapes that reflect light and shadow in earth tones of beige, brown, and black.</p>