Ma Jolie, 1911 -12, painting by Pablo Picasso. Also Woman with a guitar, oil on canvas. I love her very much and I will write this in my paintings - Picasso, referring to his lover Marcelle Humbert, revealed in a letter. By inscribing MA JOLIE my pretty one on the bottom of this painting, the first of at least twelve works on which he did so, he privately referenced his nickname for Humbert while publicly alluding to the refrain of a popular music-hall song. These highly legible words, along with the nearby treble clef and musical staff, form a striking contrast to the near-indecipherable imag
Ma Jolie, 1911 -12, painting by Pablo Picasso. Also Woman with a guitar, oil on canvas. I love her very much and I will write this in my paintings - Picasso, referring to his lover Marcelle Humbert, revealed in a letter. By inscribing MA JOLIE my pretty one on the bottom of this painting, the first of at least twelve works on which he did so, he privately referenced his nickname for Humbert while publicly alluding to the refrain of a popular music-hall song. These highly legible words, along with the nearby treble clef and musical staff, form a striking contrast to the near-indecipherable image of a figure that disappears into a network of flickering, semitransparent planes.
Size: 3306px × 5371px
Location: EUROPE
Photo credit: © Roman Nerud / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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