During the autumn of 1930, Picasso collected old pieces of wood and pine branches that he would carve by hand. The result is over a dozen statues in miniature, the majority of them depicting women sitting or standing, and which are evocative of the miniature Etruscan bronzes that Picasso regularly admired while they were on display at the Louvre. In the same year, Picasso arranged for some of the statues to be cast in bronze, placing the finished pieces on marble stands made by the sculptor Julio González.

Musée national Picasso-Paris
© Succession Picasso  2017
Localisation : Paris, musée Picasso
Photo ©RMN-Grand Palais (musée Picasso de Paris) / Mathieu Rabeau