1901, Pablo Picasso, Woman with a Plumed Hat -- Phillips Collection (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the special exhibition label: Woman with a Plumed Hat is one of several paintings of sex workers Picasso made in Madrid during the first few months of 1901. This work challenged the snobbery and conservatism of Madrid’s high society with its ennobling representation of a courtesan wearing an outrageous hat and gaudy collar. Picasso’s attempt here to challenge middle-class propriety echoes the youthful radicalism of the art and literary journal Arte Joven [Young Art], which he helped launch that February.
1901, Pablo Picasso, Woman with a Plumed Hat -- Phillips Collection (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the special exhibition label: Woman with a Plumed Hat is one of several paintings of sex workers Picasso made in Madrid during the first few months of 1901. This work challenged the snobbery and conservatism of Madrid’s high society with its ennobling representation of a courtesan wearing an outrageous hat and gaudy collar. Picasso’s attempt here to challenge middle-class propriety echoes the youthful radicalism of the art and literary journal Arte Joven [Young Art], which he helped launch that February.