Seated Woman, Red and Yellow Background (Femme assise, fond rouge et jaune)

Artist Pablo Picasso Spanish, 1881–1973

Date1952

MediumEnamel on composition board

Dimensionsheight and width: 49 1/4 × 31 7/8 in. (125.1 × 81 cm)
frame: 57 5/8 × 40 in. (146.4 × 101.6 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Julian and Josie Robertson

Object number2023.9.1

On View

On view

ProvenanceCreated probably Vallauris, France, 1952; Private Collection, Sweden (1953). Svensk-Franska Konstgallerist, Stockholm. Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris. Duncan H. McLaren Ltd., London; Julian Hart Robertson, Jr. (1932–2022) and Josephine (Josie) Tucker Robertson (1943–2010), New York; bequeathed to NCMA, 2023.

Published ReferencesFranco Russoli and Caio Mario Cattabeni, Picasso (Palazzo Reale, Milano 20/23 settembre–20 november/31 dicembre 1953) (Milan: Amilcare Pizzi, 1953), 161. Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso: Catakogue de l'Oeuvre, 1932–1978 (Paris: Cahiers d'Arts, n.d.) vol. XV, no. 204, p.121. Lars Nittve, Pablo Picasso, (Stockholm: Moderna Museet, 1988), p. 107 Christoph Grunenberg, Astrid Becker, and Kai Hohenfeld, Sylvette, Sylvette, Sylvette: Picasso und das Modell (Kunsthalle Bremen, 22 Februar–22 Juni 2014) (Munich: Prestel, 2014), 91. Alan Wofsy, ed., Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings & Sculpture: A Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue, 1885–1973 (San Fancisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1995–2016). Erique Mallen, ed., Online Picasso Project, Sam Houston State University, 1997–2022.

Exhibition HistoryStockholm, Sweden, Moderna Museet, "Pablo Picasso," 1988–1989, cat. no. 74, illus in exh. cat. p.107. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Picasso, Braque, Leger: Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julian H. Robertson," June 10–September 10, 2001. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Modern European Paintings from the Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julian H. Robertson, Jr.," January 22–March 9, 2008. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Installed with the permanent collection on the occassion of the opening of the West Building, April 1–October 1, 2010. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," May 23, 2023-October 28, 2024. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Artist's Models," November 4, 2024-present.

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