Exhibit image
e-Card
29 9.6 (14)

Gertrude Stein  1906

by Pablo Picasso

The famous writer and expatriate Gertrude Stein was among the first Americans to respond enthusiastically to European avant-garde art. She held weekly salons in her Paris apartment populated by European and American artists and writers. For Picasso, Stein’s early patronage and friendship was critical to his success. He painted this portrait of her between 1905 and 1906 at ...
Size: 
100 x 81.3 cm
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Discussion

Comments

  1. When someone commented that Stein didn't look like her portrait, Picasso replied, "She will"