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La source
La source
La source
Photo: Tobias Fischer/Moderna Museet

La source

Artist (Spanien, 1881 - 1973)
Alternate Title
  • Källan
  • The Spring
Date1921
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsBildmått: 64 × 90 cm Ram: 93 × 121 × 12 cm
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LineDonation 1970 från Grace och Philip Sandblom
Countries
Object NumberNM 6360
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkIn the 1921 painting The Source, we see a woman reclining in an Arcadian landscape. Arcadia is the name of a region in Greece, but also the mythological home of the god Pan and the nymphs. The woman depicted in this painting is Picasso’s first wife, Olga Khokhlova. At the time it was made, she has just given birth to the artist’s first son, Paul. Her white tunic recalls ancient Greece, as does the urn that pours forth its life-giving water into the landscape. The painting is suffused with a mythological mysteriousness, and Khokhlova appears to be more goddess than mortal woman.
Selected exhibition history Moderna Museets samling i ny presentation (1998-2000) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Pablo Picasso (1988-1989) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Picasso/Duchamp "He was wrong" (den 25 augusti 2012 - den 3 mars 2013) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Moderna Museet c/o Waldemarsudde - Moderna klassiker (2002-2003) Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm Ny presentation av samlingen (2000-2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Mästerverken åter. Verk av spanska konstnärer ur Samling S. runt den återbördade Picassos Källan. (1995) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Pablo Picasso - Från Arkadiens sorglöshet till målad exorcism (den 6 juni 2014 - den 24 augusti 2014) Moderna Museet Malmö The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Moderna klassiker : Moderna Museet c/o Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde : 28/9 2002 - 16/2 2003The Masterpieces are back! : Moderna Museet, Spårvagnshallarna : [May 6th - August 27th 1995]Mästerverken åter! Moderna Museet, Spårvagnshallarna : [6 maj - 27 augusti 1995]Picasso/Duchamp "He was wrong" : [Moderna Museet , Stockholm 25/8 2012-3/3 2013]