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View source →Portrait of Soler
Pablo Picasso, 1903
Technical Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
100 × 70 cm (39.4 × 27.6 in)
Style
Expressionism
Decade
1900s
About This Work
Portrait of Soler is a 1903 Blue Period portrait in which the sitter is set against a muted blue-grey field. The restrained palette and direct pose give the image a grave, concentrated presence, while the tailored clothing and carefully structured head keep the work attentive to individual identity rather than reducing the figure to an emblem of melancholy. The painting shows how Picasso could make limited color carry both atmosphere and psychological focus.
The catalog identifies the sitter as Benet Soler, a Barcelona tailor connected to Picasso's early circle, and records the work as a 100 × 70 cm oil on canvas in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Liège. The direct holding-museum object page has not yet been verified, so the location route is retained as a transparent institutional lead rather than an object-level citation. Unverified accounts of the work's exchange or commission terms are omitted from this record.
Current Location
Valuation & Provenance
2026 Estimated Value
Priceless / Not for sale
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Last Known Sale
No public auction record — held in permanent museum collection
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