Girl before a Mirror

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Girl before a Mirror is a famous 1932 Cubist painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a young woman contemplating her own reflection in a fragmented, colorful mirror.

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Jeune fille devant un miroir 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cubist painting
oil painting
painting
artHistoricalSignificance iconic work of Picasso’s early 1930s output
major example of synthetic Cubism
artist Pablo Picasso
collection Museum of Modern Art
colorPalette contrasting hues
vivid colors
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdIn Paris
creator Pablo Picasso
dateOfCreation 1932
depicts Marie-Thérèse Walter
fragmented mirror image
reflection in a mirror
young woman
displayStatus on view at the Museum of Modern Art
genre portrait
heightInCentimeters 162.3
heightInInches 63.9
inceptionDecade 1930s
languageOfTitle English
locatedIn New York City
location Museum of Modern Art
materialUsed canvas
oil paint
medium oil on canvas
movement Cubism
museumAccessionNumber 472.1941
notableWorkOf Pablo Picasso
originalTitle Girl before a Mirror self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jeune fille devant un miroir
originalTitleLanguage French
partOf collection of 20th-century art at MoMA
periodInArtistCareer Marie-Thérèse period
rights © Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
styleCharacteristic bold outlines
distorted forms
geometric fragmentation
subject Marie-Thérèse Walter
theme duality
femininity
identity
self-reflection
widthInCentimeters 130.2
widthInInches 51.25
yearCompleted 1932

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Marie-Thérèse Walter inspiredWork Girl before a Mirror
Pablo Picasso notableWork Girl before a Mirror
Girl before a Mirror originalTitle Girl before a Mirror self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Jeune fille devant un miroir