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Woman in a Hat (Marie-Thérèse Walter)

Object Details

Provenance
The Artist, Paris, 1934-1973
Estate of the Artist, Paris (see letter from Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, to Judith Zilczer, 20 September 2000)
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, to 3 April 1980
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, Washington, DC, 3 April 1980-31 August 1981
(Estate of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1981-1986)
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
Exhibition History
KUNSTHALLE BIELEFELD, Germany. "Picasso's Surrealism Works 1925-1937," 15 September-15 December 1991, cat. no. 74, p. 109.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART. "Picasso and the Weeping Women: the Years of Marie-Therese Walter and Dora Maar," 10 February-1 May 1994, fig. 114, p. 152. TOUR: METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, New York, 9 June-14 September; ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, 6 October-8 January 1995.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, "The America's Smithsonian: 150 Anniversary," 1996, TOUR.
BUNKAMURA MUSEUM OF ART, Japan. "Pablo Picasso," 4 July-6 September 1998, colorpl. 77, p. 138. TOUR: NAGOYA CITY ART MUSEUM, 12 September-29 November 1998.
FONDATION BEYELER, Basel. "Ornament & Abstraction," 10 June-23 September 2001.
FUNDACION MARCELINO BOTIN, Spain. "Picasso and Modern Art: Gifts to American Museums," 22 July-30 September 2004, cat. 29, ill. p. 135. TOUR: FONDAZIONE MEMMO, Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome, 28 October-8 January 2005.
COMPLESSO DEL VITTORIANO, Rome. "Picasso Harlequin," 11 October 2008-8 February 2009, no. 68, p. 248, color ill. p. 249.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Peter Coffin: Here and There," 29 June-6 October 2013, no cat.
Published References
Picasso Poster, single notecards. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1994).
FLETCHER, VALERIE J. "Wifredo Lam: Art of Pride and Anger," in Wifredo Lam in North America (Milwaukee: Marquette University, 2007), p. 50, ill.
WIDMAIER-PICASSO, DIANA, ed. Picasso and Maya: Father and Daughter (Paris: Gagosian Gallery, 2019), fig. 2 (color), p. 208.
See file for further info.
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Artist
Pablo Picasso, Spanish, b. Málaga, 1881–1973
Date
1934
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
28 3/4 x 23 5/8 in. (73 x 60 cm)
Type
Painting

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