La Maja con Bandolina
Date: 1907 ; Rome in terms of modern geography
Art Form: Painting
Dimensions: 45 X 34 cm (17.72 X 13.39 in)
Created by Pablo Picasso, March 7, 1907 in the City of Rome and given to his friend and private secretary Jaime Sabartes Gual while the ink was still drying. The work has been in exhibitions in New York and City of Milan, but mostly held in Sabartes private collection until 1960.
It is documented with a written statement by Jaime Sabartes recalling the day he received the painting from Picasso and having it signed.
The painting measures 45 cm by 34 cm, being one of Oil on Buta Percha and signed in dry iron oxide and vegetal resin. It is believed that it depicts one of Picasso's lovers holding a Bandolina. The painting celebrates 110 years, now in a private collection and has not been shown in over 50 years.
