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View source →Two Nude Figures: Woman with a Guitar and Boy with a Cup
Pablo Picasso, 1909
Technical Details
Medium
Drypoint with plate tone on copper in black on ivory laid paper (discolored to cream)
Dimensions
Image/plate: 13 × 11 cm (5 1/8 × 4 3/8 in.); Sheet: 30.5 × 22.4 cm (12 1/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Style
Proto-Cubism
Decade
1900s
About This Work
The official Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois record identifies Two Nude Figures: Woman with a Guitar and Boy with a Cup as a Pablo Picasso artwork, dated 1909, in Drypoint with plate tone on copper in black on ivory laid paper (discolored to cream). This catalog entry preserves the holding institution’s title and object metadata rather than inferring undocumented imagery, sitter identity, or artist intent.
Two Nude Figures: Woman with a Guitar and Boy with a Cup is grouped under African / Proto-Cubist Period for gallery navigation using the date published by Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. This period label provides high-level art-historical orientation and does not supersede the primary collection record. The institutional credit line is: Clarence Buckingham Collection.
Current Location
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Public Collection — Open to visitors
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2026 Estimated Value
Public collection / market value not asserted
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Last Known Sale
No public auction record — held in permanent museum collection
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