Six Busts of Women
Pablo Picasso
1962–1973
- Medium
- Graphite on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- 41.9 × 27 cm (16 1/2 × 10 11/16 in.)
- Genre
- graphite
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
Cubismdrawings (visual works)graphiteprints and drawingpaperpaper (fiber product)wove paper
About
This drawing presents six studies for Picasso’s monumental sculpture in Richard J. Daley Plaza in Chicago, unveiled in 1967. Although Picasso claimed the sculpture was inspired by his dog, an Afghan hound, others have suggested it is reminiscent of his model Sylvette David (born 1934).
