Reclining Bather with a Book

Pablo Picasso

1921 · Graphite on paper · Modern and Contemporary Art

This drawing reflects the famously mannered nudes that decorate Fontainebleau, the Renaissance chateau of François I located just south of Paris. Picasso spent the summer of 1921 at a rented house nearby.

Artist

Pablo Picasso

Date

1921

Medium

Graphite on paper

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982