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Does this look at all familiar?

I’m on a quest…. there is a line drawing I remember (which I saw about 30+ years ago) that is a seated nude woman, and consists of two lines–I had thought it was by Picasso (it was reproduced as a poster sold on college campuses….). I asked on the quilt art list and got many “close” suggestions, but none that is the one I remember. The suggestions folks gave will help me illustrate my point in my class (that it is possible to convey a whole lot of meaning in just a few simple lines), but now that I can’t find the danged thing that is battering around inside my brain, and I’m plagued with a desire to figure out WHO did it, and see an image. It looked something like this:

two-line nude

I had thought it was by Picasso, but having spent a whole lot of time at the Online Picasso Project (here) I have decided that was probably not who did it… whoever drew the one I remember probably liked women more than Picasso did.

Here are some Picasso drawings that are close, but obviously not a female nude:

Picasso HorsePicasso CamelPicasso Dove

The closest is “Femme,” but it’s not quite the same thing, and I’m SURE I remember a seated woman…..I’ve scoured the Picasso online project from 1955 to 1973 with no luck….:

Picasso Femme

Terry Grant, Pamela Allen and a few others suggested Matisse, and this is also close but not quite (and obviously fulfills the purpose for the photo in my class):

Matisse seated woman

Here are a few other Matisse that would work equally well:

Matisse Femme a l’amphore

and

Matisse Handkerchief

If anyone, however, has a clue as to who did the two-line seated nude, please do drop me a note or suggestion for searching!

5 Responses to “Does this look at all familiar?”

  1. Dijanne Says:

    Sarah

    it definitely looks Matisse to me- however I also think if it was Picasso you are looking in the wrong time frame- if her drew it it would have been pre 1935- probably around the 1920’s or so when he and Matisee competed heavily- and is just the sort of thing Picasso might have done to aggravate Mattisse- in later years they became better friends.

  2. Deborah Says:

    Well, he’s a long way from Picasso, but John Lennon did lots of simple line drawings. It might be worth investigating.

  3. Joan Skoglund Says:

    Here’s yet another suggestion:

    http://www.museumsyndicate.com/item.php?item=11540

    Hope you find it! I know how aggravating it is to KNOW you’ve seen something, but can’t find it again!

  4. brice Says:

    i know the drawing you are talking about. It is picasso. I am having the same problen finding it tho. My art teacher in high school had a poster of it. I cant remember the name of it but i am 100 percent positive it was picasso.

  5. Doug Hagens Says:

    Yes, I am also looking for it. A Spanish literature instructor at Calif State Fullerton introduced it to our class about 6 years ago. It was a two line drawing of a woman. It was his way of introducing the magic of Picasso to his students.