From the winter of 1905 on, Picasso mainly paid attention to nudes. He experimented with colour and form by only using it to reinforce forms that had been simplified to a concentrated essential. This process and principles, that later matured, can be seen in two portraits: “Self-portrait with a Palette (1906)” and the “Portrait of Gertrude Stein (1906)”. In the picture of Stein, Picasso Ignores perspective and natural appearance. Her head is slightly distorted in the shape of an irregular block with eyes and nose that appear to have a life of their own. In the self-portrait, Picasso abandons all his professional techniques, and simply places his lines and area of colour inchoately in plain sight. In this painting the lines just establish form.
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