Reading the Letter
1921 · Musee Picasso, Paris
Two heavy young men press close together over a letter, and the intimacy is usually read as a memorial to Apollinaire.
★ 5.2
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Reading (La Lecture)
1932 · Private collection
Marie-Thérèse has fallen asleep over her book with her head on her arms, from the year Picasso painted her over and over.
★ 5.4
Room in New York
1932 · Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln
He reads the paper, she touches one key of the piano, and we are watching from the street through their window.
★ 6.8
A Young Girl Reading
1776 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, District of Columbia
For once Fragonard is not being naughty. A girl in yellow reads, and the ruff at her wrist is a few flicks of impasto.
★ 6.9