
Nude, Green Leaves and Bust
1932 · Tate Modern, London
Marie-Thérèse asleep beside a sculpture of her own head and a philodendron, from the year Picasso could seemingly do nothing wrong.
★ 6.9

Marie-Thérèse asleep beside a sculpture of her own head and a philodendron, from the year Picasso could seemingly do nothing wrong.

He reads the paper, she touches one key of the piano, and we are watching from the street through their window.

Marie-Thérèse asleep in a red armchair, her face split into curves. Picasso is said to have done it in a single afternoon.

The dark chair throws the body forward, all lilac and rose curves, a plant arching over the sleeper from behind.

Marie-Thérèse has fallen asleep over her book with her head on her arms, from the year Picasso painted her over and over.