1901, Pablo Picasso, The Diners -- Phillips Collection (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the special exhibition label: These paintings [this and "Stuffed Shirts" help us to understand the identity of the unknown man hidden beneath The Blue Room. The bearded and balding figure slouched against a cushion or banquette under The Blue Room wears the same formal dinner costume as the patrons in these paintings of Parisian café-concerts and restaurants. He also shares their rounded, compact silhouettes, which are notable for how the heads of these figures are sunken into their shoulders. The balding male subject in The Diners, who rests his chin on his hand, assumes a contemplative, psychologically charged pose similar to that of the man under The Blue Room.
1901, Pablo Picasso, The Diners -- Phillips Collection (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the special exhibition label: These paintings [this and "Stuffed Shirts" help us to understand the identity of the unknown man hidden beneath The Blue Room. The bearded and balding figure slouched against a cushion or banquette under The Blue Room wears the same formal dinner costume as the patrons in these paintings of Parisian café-concerts and restaurants. He also shares their rounded, compact silhouettes, which are notable for how the heads of these figures are sunken into their shoulders. The balding male subject in The Diners, who rests his chin on his hand, assumes a contemplative, psychologically charged pose similar to that of the man under The Blue Room.