1901, Pablo Picasso, Woman with Blue Stockings -- Phillips Collection (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the special exhibition label: These two paintings of brothel workers [this and Nude with Red Stockings] appeared in Picasso’s 1901 Galerie Vollard exhibition. Woman with Blue Stockings shows a young woman coyly crossing her hands over her genitalia, while Nude with Red Stockings depicts a more confident and garishly made-up woman who stares directly at the viewer as she opens her feathery robe. In addition to experimenting with poses and attitudes in these early nudes, Picasso used a range of innovative painting techniques, such as the yellow and red dots and dabs he applied in the stockings and robes of these two figures.
1901, Pablo Picasso, Woman with Blue Stockings -- Phillips Collection (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the special exhibition label: These two paintings of brothel workers [this and Nude with Red Stockings] appeared in Picasso’s 1901 Galerie Vollard exhibition. Woman with Blue Stockings shows a young woman coyly crossing her hands over her genitalia, while Nude with Red Stockings depicts a more confident and garishly made-up woman who stares directly at the viewer as she opens her feathery robe. In addition to experimenting with poses and attitudes in these early nudes, Picasso used a range of innovative painting techniques, such as the yellow and red dots and dabs he applied in the stockings and robes of these two figures.