Q: In preparing the exhibition, did you come across anything that surprised you or that you didn’t know about Picasso? (Frank Luzi, Havertown)
MT: "The only major discovery for me was the existence of archival photographs of the PMA’s painting The Three Musicians, which show that the painting at one stage had two figures, but that Picasso added a third musician, the monk, and reconfigured the entire composition. That really blew my mind as I had always assumed that the artist figured out the entire composition beforehand."
Q: What is your favorite piece in the exhibition? Why? (Silvana Pop, Philadelphia)MT: "I’m awfully fond of Picasso’s staggeringly beautiful 1910 Female Nude, which we just reframed. It looks incredible in its new gold frame, which really brings out the texture of the feathery brushstrokes, which radiate outwards from the central figure like ripples on a pond."
Q: What will happen to the Sigmund pouf after the exhibition closes? (Silvana Pop)
MT: "We would love to keep the pouf here at the PMA after the show closes. It looks wonderful in the Salon Cubism room."
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Image credits: Three Musicians, 1921, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, Spanish, 1881 - 1973; © Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Female Nude, 1910, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, Spanish, 1881 - 1973; © Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
