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n2doc

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Tue Jun 17, 2014, 04:14 PM Jun 2014

Pablo Picasso painting conceals mysterious portrait beneath



A previously unknown portrait has been discovered hidden beneath an early painting by Pablo Picasso -- and now experts are trying to figure out who the mysterious figure is.

Conservators at the Phillips Collection in Washington told the Associated Press that they have long suspected something hidden beneath Picasso's 1901 painting "The Blue Room." Using X-rays and infrared imaging, they identified the portrait of a bearded man wearing a jacket and bow tie, with his head resting on his right hand.

An analysis confirmed that the hidden portrait was likely painted just before "The Blue Room," curators told the AP.

"The Blue Room" joined the Phillips Collection in 1927 and depicts a nude woman bathing. Experts have used advanced infrared imagery to study the image behind the painting. Scholars have ruled out the possibility that the hidden painting is a self-portrait by Picasso, the AP said. No documentation seems to exist, and no clues on the canvas reveal the man's identity, the scholars said.

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http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-pablo-picasso-blue-painting-20140617-story.html
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Pablo Picasso painting conceals mysterious portrait beneath (Original Post) n2doc Jun 2014 OP
Cool. A fun mystery. MineralMan Jun 2014 #1
Interesting. Quantess Jun 2014 #2

MineralMan

(146,192 posts)
1. Cool. A fun mystery.
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 04:19 PM
Jun 2014

I hope the Phillips Collection displays an image of the under-painting alongside the picture. It would make for a fascinating display.

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