In 1937 Picasso was 56, and Spain was embroiled in a civil war. Over the next 12 months, Picasso, inspired by the catastrophe of Guernica, made an extraordinary series of images of a woman in tears. There is not much to say about them, she speaks for herself. Picasso gave painting the power to evoke emotions beyond mere appearance. There ar 18 images, arranged in chronological order, a mini exhibition.
Pablo Picasso
Portrait de Dora Maar
Date: 28-January/1937
Medium: Pencil & stump drawing
Dimension: 12.4 x 15.94 inches (31,5 x 40,5 cm)
Collection: Private collection
April 26, 1937: Guernica is bombed to rubble by the Facists.
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Pablo Picasso
Guernica [Étude]
Date: 24-May/1937
Medium: Pencil & gouache on paper
Dimension: 9.13 x 11.54 inches (23,2 x 29,3 cm)
Collection: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Pablo Picasso
Guernica [Étude]
Date: 24-May/1937
Medium: Pencil & gouache on paper
Dimension: 11.5 x 9.13 inches (29,2 x 23,2 cm)
Collection: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Pablo Picasso
Guernica [Étude]
Date: 28-May/1937
Medium: Pencil, crayon & gouache
Dimension: 9.13 x 11.54 inches (23,2 x 29,3 cm)
Collection: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Pablo Picasso
Guernica [Étude]
Date: 31-May/1937
Medium: Pencil, crayon & gouache
Dimension: 9.13 x 11.54 inches (23,2 x 29,3 cm)
Collection: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Pablo Picasso
Guernica [Étude]
Date: 3-June/1937
Medium: Pencil, crayon & gouache
Dimension: 9.13 x 11.54 inches (23,2 x 29,3 cm)
Collection: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Pablo Picasso
Guernica [Étude]
Date: 3-June/1937
Medium: Pencil, crayon & gouache
Dimension: 9.13 x 11.54 inches (23,2 x 29,3 cm)
Collection: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Pablo Picasso
La femme qui pleure
Date: 3-June/1937
Medium: Pencil, color crayon & gray gouache on white paper
Dimension: 9.13 x 11.54 inches (23,2 x 29,3 cm)
Collection: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Pablo Picasso
La femme qui pleure
Date: 8-June/1937
Medium: Pencil, color crayon & gray gouache on white paper
Dimension: 11.46 x 9.13 inches (29,1 x 23,2 cm)
Collection: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Pablo Picasso
Guernica [Étude]
Date: 13-June/1937
Medium: Pencil & crayon
Dimension: 11.42 x 9.06 inches (29 x 23 cm)
Collection: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Pablo Picasso
La femme qui pleure avec mouchoir I
Date: 22-June/1937
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimension: 21.65 x 18.23 inches (55 x 46,3 cm)
Collection: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Pablo Picasso
La femme qui pleure
Date: 22-June/1937
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimension: 21.85 x 17.91 inches (55,5 x 45,5 cm)
Collection: Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel
Pablo Picasso
La femme qui pleure I
Date: 26-June/1937
Medium: Crayons & gouache on canvas
Dimension: 21.65 x 18.23 inches (55 x 46,3 cm)
Collection: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Pablo Picasso
La femme qui pleure au foulard
Date: 26-June/1937
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimension: 21.65 x 18.11 inches (55 x 46 cm)
Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Pablo Picasso
La femme qui pleure I (VI)
Date: 1-July/1937
Medium: Etching, aquatint, drypoint, scraper on copper on paper
Dimension: 27.24 x 19.49 inches (69,2 x 49,5 cm)
Collection: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Pablo Picasso
Tête de femme
Date: Fall/1937
Medium: Pencil on matchbox
Dimension: S/U
Collection: Private collection
Pablo Picasso
La femme qui pleure avec mouchoir III
Date: 17-October/1937
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimension: 36.22 x 28.74 inches (92 x 73 cm)
Collection: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Pablo Picasso
La femme qui pleure [Femme en pleurs]
Date: 26-October/1937
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimension: 23.62 x 19.29 inches (60 x 49 cm)
Collection: The Tate Modern, London
All photographs Copyright © Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Online Picasso Project - 1937