id: 135456
accession number: 1958.45
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1958.45
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The Harem , spring–summer 1906. Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973). Oil and graphite on canvas; framed: 174 x 130.5 x 11.4 cm (68 1/2 x 51 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.); unframed: 154.3 x 110 cm (60 3/4 x 43 5/16 in.); former: 163.2 x 120 x 6.1 cm (64 1/4 x 47 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1958.45. © Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
title: The Harem
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creation date: spring–summer 1906
creation date earliest: 1906
creation date latest: 1906
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creditline: Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
copyright: © Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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culture: Spain, 20th century
technique: oil and graphite on canvas
department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type: Painting
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catalogue raisonne: Zervos I.321; Sutton/Lecaldano 274; Daix, Boudaille, Rosselet XV.40; Palau i Fabre 1266; PP 1906-073
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CREATORS
* Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) - artist
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881-1973), the most prolific and influential artist of the 20th century, shifted the emphasis of art from its traditional concern with beauty toward radical innovation. The son of an art teacher, Picasso demonstrated remarkable talents as a child and entered the royal art academy in Madrid at age sixteen. Less than a year later, he abandoned his studies and soon joined several avant-garde artist and anarchist groups in Barcelona and Paris. After passing through a succession of stylistic periods, most notably the Blue (1901-1904) and Rose (1904-1906) Periods, he collaborated with Georges Braque (1882-1963) in 1908 to invent Cubism, a revolutionary method of restructuring pictorial space. Picasso remained active until his death in 1973. Although his art still appears radical, many of his works are over one hundred years old. Cubism, perhaps the most important development in 20th-century art, was invented around 1908 by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) and Georges Braque (1882-1963). The most revolutionary aspect of the style was not its obvious emphasis on geometric form; rather, it was the introduction of a radically new approach to configuring pictorial space. Since the Renaissance, artists had used various methods to create the illusion of distant space receding behind the canvas surface. The Cubists rejected that idea and collapsed space by compressing foreground, middle ground, and background into a continuous web of overlapping, intersecting planes. During the 1910s, other painters and sculptors embraced or adapted Cubism to their own ends. This revolutionary approach inspired a host of related movements and continues to influence the visual language of artists, architects, and designers throughout the world.
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measurements: Framed: 174 x 130.5 x 11.4 cm (68 1/2 x 51 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.); Unframed: 154.3 x 110 cm (60 3/4 x 43 5/16 in.); Former: 163.2 x 120 x 6.1 cm (64 1/4 x 47 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
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inscription: Signed upper left: "Picasso"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Man: Glory, Jest, and Riddle: A Survey of Human From Through the Ages
opening date: 1964-11-10T05:00:00
Man: Glory, Jest, and Riddle: A Survey of Human From Through the Ages. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (organizer) (November 10, 1964-January 3, 1965).
title: Pablo Picasso: A Retrospective
opening date: 1980-05-22T04:00:00
Pablo Picasso: A Retrospective. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (organizer) (May 22-September 16, 1980).
title: Pablo Picasso
opening date: 1983-04-02T05:00:00
Pablo Picasso. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (organizer) (co-organizer) (April 2-May 29, 1983); Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan (co-organizer) (June 10-July 24, 1983).
title: Picasso
opening date: 1984-07-27T04:00:00
Picasso. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (co-organizer) (July 27-September 23, 1984); Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (October 9-December 2, 1984).
title: Les Demoiselles D'Avignon (The Ladies of Avignon)
opening date: 1988-01-26T05:00:00
Les Demoiselles D'Avignon (The Ladies of Avignon). Musée national Picasso-Paris, Paris, France (January 26-April 18, 1988); Museu Picasso, Barcelona, Spain (May 10-July 14, 1988).
title: Picasso, 1905-1906
opening date: 1992-02-05T05:00:00
Picasso, 1905-1906. Museu Picasso, Barcelona, Spain (organizer) (February 5-April 19, 1992); Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland (May 8-July 26, 1992).
title: Picasso: The Early Years, 1892-1906
opening date: 1997-03-30T00:00:00
Picasso: The Early Years, 1892-1906. National Gallery of Art (organizer) (March 30-July 27, 1997); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (September 10, 1997-January 4, 1998).
title: 1900
opening date: 2000-03-10T00:00:00
1900. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (March 14-June 26, 2000).
title: Picasso Erotique
opening date: 2001-02-19T00:00:00
Picasso Erotique. Galerie national du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France (February 19-May 15, 2001); Montréal Museum of Fine Arts (June 15-September 15, 2001); Museu Picasso (October 25, 2001-January 20, 2002).
title: Picasso et Ingres
opening date: 2004-03-16T00:00:00
Picasso et Ingres. Musée national Picasso-Paris, Paris, France (March 16-June 21, 2004).
title: Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2006-05-27T00:00:00
Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009).
title: Picasso: Tradición y Vanguardia
opening date: 2006-06-05T00:00:00
Picasso: Tradición y Vanguardia. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain (organizer) (June 5-September 17, 2006).
title: Barcelona & Modernity: Picasso, Gaudí, Miró, Dalí (1868-1939)
opening date: 2006-10-15T00:00:00
Barcelona & Modernity: Picasso, Gaudí, Miró, Dalí (1868-1939). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15, 2006-January 7, 2007); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (co-organizer) (March 4-June 3, 2007).
title: Picasso 1906. La Gran Transformación
opening date: 2023-11-14T05:00:00
Picasso 1906. La Gran Transformación. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofÍa, Madrid, Spain (organizer) (November 14, 2023-March 4, 2024) https://www.museoreinasofia.es/exposiciones/picasso-1906.
title: Picasso and Paper
opening date: 2024-12-08T05:00:00
Picasso and Paper. Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (co-organizer) (January 25-August 2, 2020) https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/picasso-and-paper; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (co-organizer) (December 8, 2024-March 23, 2025).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).', 'opening_date': '1958-03-04T05:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'Pictures Collected by Yale Alumni. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT (organizer) (May 8-June 18, 1956)', 'opening_date': '1956-05-08T04:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'Picasso "Blue" and "Rose" Periods: 1901–1906. Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York (organizer) (November 2-November 26, 1936)', 'opening_date': '1936-11-02T05:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).', 'opening_date': '1936-06-26T04:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'Century of Progress. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (June 1-November 1, 1933) (as Figures [Pink])', 'opening_date': '1933-06-01T04:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'French Art Since Eighteen Hundred. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 8-December 8, 1929). [as Figures [Pink])', 'opening_date': '1929-11-08T05:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'Twenty-Seventh International Exhibition of Paintings, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA (October 18-December 9, 1928). [as Figure (pink)]', 'opening_date': '1928-10-18T05:00:00Z'}
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PROVENANCE
John Quinn [1870-1924], New York, NY
date: before 1924
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(P. Rosenberg, New York, NY, 1928)
date: 1928
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Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. [1889-1957], Cleveland, OH, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 1929-1958
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1958-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Watson, F. John Quinn Collection of Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture. Huntington: Pidgeon Hill Press, 1926.
page number: Mentioned: p. 13; Reproduced: p. 89.
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Twenty-Seventh International Exhibition of Paintings, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh October 18-December 9, 1928. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, 1928.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: cat. 201
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Steinberg, Leo. "The Philosophical Brothel, Part 1." Art News 71, no. 5 (September 1972): 20-29.
page number: Reproduced: p. 29. fig. 28
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Henning, Edward. "Pablo Picasso: Bouteille, Verre, et Fourchette." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 59, no. 7 (September 1972): 194-203.
page number: Reproduced: p. 196, fig. 4
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152438
Daix, Pierre. "Picasso's Time of Decisive Encounters." Art News (April 1987): 136-141.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced; p. 140
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Steinberg, Leo. "The Philosophical Brothel." October 44 (Spring 1988): 7-74.
page number: Mentioned: p. 35; Reproduced: p. 34, fig. 30
url: 985004319
Robert, Rosenblum. "Picasso in Gósol: The Calm before the Storm." In Picasso: The Early Years, 1892-1906. Marilyn McCully, ed., 263-275. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1997.
page number: Mentioned: p. 265-266; Reproduced: p. 264, fig. 1
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Picasso and Celestina: The Artist's Vision of the Procuress. Newark, Delaware: Juan de la Cuesta, 2015.
page number: Reproduced: p. 82, figure 17
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