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2013 - Issue 1 - Winter

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Head of a Woman, 1909 a series of Picasso's work," Eddy observed, "to see how often and radically he has changed his style... from drawing with great facility in Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist manner to the most abstract Cubism; what he will be doing two years hence, no one can predict." The Arts Club of Chicago proved particularly receptive to Picasso's work. In March of 1923, it presented two exhibits at the Art Institute: a collection of drawings (the artist's first solo show in the city), followed by a display of paintings. The Renaissance Society took to Picasso, too, including his work in group shows in 1928, 1930, and 1931. The Art Institute's Picasso holdings began in the 1920s with two drawings: Seated Male Nude and Sketches of a Young Woman and a Man. In 1926, painter and collector Frederic Clay Bartlett donated a selection of modern art including The Old Guitarist, one of the most significant efforts of Picasso's Blue Period. "The Bartlett gift was an important anchor for the continuing interest here and in the city for what was new and fresh," says Art Institute curator Stephanie D'Alessandro. "With that gift, we became the first museum to have a Picasso on permanent display. That was pretty radical in 1926." Over time, through gifts and purchases, the museum became home to an impressive roster of pieces representing the full range of Picasso's creativity—from the cubist sculpture Head of a Woman (Fernande) to the classically inspired Mother and Child—and a collection of works on paper The museum is home to works that reveal every "ism" Picasso explored in his long career. 082-087_MA_FEAT_Picasso_Winter13.indd 86 PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO Nude under a Pine Tree, 1959 1/2/13 12:24 PM

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