1901, Pablo Picasso, Woman in a Bathrobe (detail) -- Phillips Collection (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the special exhibition label: This robed bather is related both to the nude in Picasso’s The Blue Room and to Rodin’s Eve. Like those figures, she bows her head in a gesture that evokes melancholy and, perhaps, shame. Similar to Rodin’s Eve, she wraps her arms around her body, distancing herself from the viewer’s gaze in an act of self-concealment. By isolating this figure and silhouetting her against a plain blue background, Picasso removes all narrative details in this painting. As the Blue Period progressed, Picasso increasingly banished contextual details from his work.
Link to the full painting.
1901, Pablo Picasso, Woman in a Bathrobe (detail) -- Phillips Collection (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the special exhibition label: This robed bather is related both to the nude in Picasso’s The Blue Room and to Rodin’s Eve. Like those figures, she bows her head in a gesture that evokes melancholy and, perhaps, shame. Similar to Rodin’s Eve, she wraps her arms around her body, distancing herself from the viewer’s gaze in an act of self-concealment. By isolating this figure and silhouetting her against a plain blue background, Picasso removes all narrative details in this painting. As the Blue Period progressed, Picasso increasingly banished contextual details from his work.
Link to the full painting.