About this artwork
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.
-
Status
- On View, Gallery 126
-
Department
- Prints and Drawings
-
Artist
- Pablo Picasso
-
Title
- Head of Young Boy
-
Place
- Spain (Artist's nationality:)
-
Date
- 1944
-
Medium
- Brush and black ink and gray wash, with scraping and touches of pen and black ink, on ivory wove paper
-
Inscriptions
- Signed and dated recto, lower right, in pen and brown ink: "Picasso (underlined) / 13-15 Août 44 Paris"
-
Dimensions
- 50 × 28.8 cm (19 11/16 × 11 3/8 in.)
-
Credit Line
- Bequest of Florene May Schoenborn
-
Reference Number
- 2012.569
-
Copyright
- © 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Extended information about this artwork
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email . Information about image downloads and licensing is available here.