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Pablo Picasso, Woman's head, 1907

SKU:  195428

Pablo Picasso, Woman's head, 1907

€58,31 EUR
€58,31 EUR
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Woman’s Head marks a pivotal moment in Pablo Picasso’s artistic development and the broader evolution of modern art. Created in the same year as Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, the work reflects Picasso’s dramatic break from traditional representation and his movement toward the radical formal experimentation that would lead to Cubism.

In this painting, Picasso abandons naturalistic portraiture in favor of sharp geometric simplification and expressive distortion. The female face is constructed through angular planes, exaggerated contours, and fragmented features that challenge conventional ideas of beauty and likeness. Eyes, nose, and mouth may appear asymmetrical or mask-like, emphasizing structure over realism.

A major influence on this work was Picasso’s encounter with Iberian sculpture and African masks, particularly objects he saw in Paris ethnographic collections. These sources inspired him to rethink how the human face could be represented. Rather than capturing external appearance, Picasso sought a more elemental and psychologically charged form of depiction.

The painting also reveals Picasso’s growing interest in multiple viewpoints. Facial features seem compressed and reorganized, suggesting different perspectives within a single image. This experimentation would soon become central to Cubism.

Despite its formal radicalism, Woman’s Head retains emotional intensity. The figure appears both powerful and enigmatic, confronting the viewer with an unfamiliar but compelling presence. The simplified palette often found in works from this period further emphasizes structure and form.

This painting stands at the threshold of one of the most revolutionary shifts in twentieth-century art. Woman’s Head demonstrates Picasso’s willingness to dismantle tradition and invent an entirely new visual language that transformed modern painting.

Materials

Cotton canvas, matte photo paper, fine art paper, pigmented inks.

  • The canvas it's 99 % cotton, 450 gr/sqm;
  • The matte photo paper it's acid-free (archival paper), 190 gr/sqm;
  • The fine art photo paper it's satinated (semi-glossy), 140 gr/sqm.

Shipping & Returns

Dispatching time: 1-2 days.

* Standard shipping fee: The orders will be sent by priority registered mail, usually via client National Post (USPS, Canada Post, Royal Mail, LaPoste, Deutsche Post, PostNL, etc). The delivery times are not guaranteed, sometimes it will take longer and these are beyond our control. Tracking number will be provided. Clients from US and Canada cannot track the parcels as the tracking numbers are not rolled in USPS and Canada Post systems.

* UPS standard: The orders will be sent with UPS expedited option. The delivery time it's between 5-11 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

* UPS express: The orders will be sent with UPS express saver. The delivery time it's between 4-7 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

Framing tips

Both type of materials, paper and canvas prints come rolled and will be need to be taken to your local framers.

The image it's printed with a border of 0.6 " (1.5 cm), for framing purposes only.

If you have already a frame, be sure you send us the exact size of the print that will fit inside the frame. We're printing on vectorial plotters so the size could slightly be more or less with 0.4" (1 cm).

If you plan to have the canvas print stretched on wooden frame, you'll need additional border, so please let us know after placing the order.

The images above was cropped from the image at the biggest size available (keeping the best quality and aspect /ratio), so, for good details please choose biggest dimensions that will suit your preferences / space.

Care Instructions

The print media (canvas or photo paper) could be cleaned only with a dry, soft cloth.

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