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View source →Femme au Chapeau (Woman with Hat)
Pablo Picasso, 1961
Technical Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
114 × 88 cm (44.9 × 34.6 in)
Style
Expressionism / Late Period
Decade
1960s
About This Work
Femme au Chapeau (Woman with Hat) uses a broad hat as both subject and compositional device. Its brim frames, overlaps, and interrupts the face, while flat color planes allow frontal and profile cues to coexist. The portrait's force comes from this deliberate instability: the hat, contour, and facial features continually redirect the viewer's reading of the figure instead of settling into a single naturalistic view.
Dated 1961, this oil-on-canvas work belongs to Picasso's late portrait practice, when he continued to rework the human head through compressed planes, assertive outlines, and high-contrast color. The catalog records a 2016 Christie's New York sale and a private collection, so it avoids assigning the sitter or a public collection without direct object-level evidence. A mismatched reproduction has been removed pending a verified image for this exact work.
Current Location
Valuation & Provenance
2026 Estimated Value
$10–18 million (est.)
* Estimates are based on comparable auction results and market analysis. Not a formal appraisal.
Last Known Sale
$9.8 million
2016
Christie's New York
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