Two visitors to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City view Pablo Picasso's 1932 painting Girl before a Mirror.  Considered to be one of his masterpieces, the painting has elicited varied interpretations.  It shows Picasso's lover, Marie-Thérèse Walter, looking into a mirror, with a familiar yet contrasting mirror-image looking back at her. While the woman is painted with brighter colors and exhibits a more beautiful face, the figure in the mirror is darker and more grotesque.  This contrast has spurred plenty of theories and commentary about the piece.

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Oil on Birch Panel

12 x 12 Inches

2019

SOLD