Head of Young Boy
WW-1944-046787
1944·Brush and black ink and gray wash, with scraping and touches of pen and black ink, on ivory wove paper·50 × 28.8 cm (19 11/16 × 11 3/8 in.)
<p>Picasso executed this drawing in his Paris studio in 1944, when the city had become a battlefield during World War II. The subject has been identified as a young French resistance fighter who was active during the last days of the war.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1944
- Dimensions
- 50 × 28.8 cm (19 11/16 × 11 3/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Year
- 1944
- Dimensions
- 50 × 28.8 cm (19 11/16 × 11 3/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1944-046787
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified