Picasso MOMA Original Exhibit Poster * GIRL BEFORE A MIRROR * 2' x 3' Rare 2006 Mint New Condition. Large Wall Size measures 24 " inches wide by 36 " inches high. Original Limited Edition Exhibition Poster from the Winter 2006 Pablo Picasso Retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Picasso painted this particular painting in 1932 and it is currently housed in the permanent collection at New York City's Museum of Modern Art. Girl Before a Mirror shows Picasso's young mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter, one of his favorite subjects in the early 1930s. Her white-haloed profile, rendered in a smooth lavender pink, appears serene. But it merges with a more roughly painted, frontal view of her face—a crescent, like the moon, yet intensely yellow, like the sun, and "made up" with a gilding of rouge, lipstick, and green eye-shadow. Perhaps the painting suggests both Walter's day-self and her night-self, both her tranquillity and her vitality, but also the transition from an innocent girl to a worldly woman aware of her own sexuality. It is also a complex variant on the traditional Vanity—the image of a woman confronting her mortality in a mirror, which reflects her as a death's head. On the right, the mirror reflection suggests a supernatural x-ray of the girl's soul, her future, her fate. Her face is darkened, her eyes are round and hollow, and her intensely feminine body is twisted and contorted. She seems older and more anxious. The girl reaches out to the reflection, as if trying to unite her different "selves." The diamond-patterned wallpaper recalls the costume of the Harlequin, the comic character from the commedia dell'arte with whom Picasso often identified himself—here a silent witness to the girl's psychic and physical transformations. This Original Exhibition Poster is Large Wall Size ( measures 24 " inches wide by 36 " inches high ) and is printed in Beautiful Brilliant 6 color production on thick advertising poster stock paper. Rare , Authentic , MOMA Pablo Picasso Exhibit Poster ~ ready for framing , or simply hang as is. Great for an Apartment or Studio , Gallery , Den or Office. * Note : this original poster has been gently pre-folded at the factory. Will be carefully rolled into a heavy duty tube and shipped U.S.Postal Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation / Tracking. This Original Exhibit Poster is in Mint New Condition. Email with any questions before purchasing if you are unsure about something. We ONLY accept Money Orders , Cashiers Checks or U.S. Cash as payment ( we do NOT accept personal checks or online payment at all ). Please email about local pick-up , we are located in NYC in Times Square. All International Customers MUST email us before purchasing this item.
