Two Girls Reading
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| Two Girls Reading | |
|---|---|
| Deux enfants lisant (French) | |
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| Artist | Pablo Picasso |
| Year | 1934 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Movement | Cubism |
| Dimensions | 91 cm × 70 cm (36 in × 27.5 in) |
| Location | University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor |
Two Girls Reading (French: Deux enfants lisant) is a 1934 painting by Pablo Picasso. Since 1994, it has been at the University of Michigan Museum of Art.[1]
In 2002, UMMA included it in an exhibition called Picasso: Masterworks of the Collection.[2][3]
The figure on the left is thought to be Marie-Thérèse Walter, the twenty-three-year-old woman who gave birth to Picasso's daughter Maïa in 1935.[1][4][2] The figure on the right is thought to be either Walter's sister, or Picasso's first wife Olga Koklova.[1]
The painting shows Picasso's "fascination with the subject of women engaged in everyday activities who are united in their ability to convey intensity and peaceful contemplation simultaneously."[3]
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