Picasso's 1911 'Femme au violon' Returns to Munich After 50+ Years, Joining Braque in Pinakothek der Moderne

Key facts

• Pablo Picasso's 'Femme au violon' from 1911 was acquired for the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich in 2024.
• The painting is a key work of analytical Cubism, created in spring 1911.
• It was first shown in Munich in 1913 at the world's first Picasso retrospective at the Moderne Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser.
• The acquisition was supported by six entities: Free State of Bavaria, Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media, Kulturstiftung der Länder, Würth Group, and Fritz Schäfer.
• It was previously owned by collector Alfred Flechtheim and later by textile manufacturer Hermann Lange of Krefeld.
• The painting is displayed in Room 29 alongside Georges Braque's 'Femme à la Mandoline' from 1910.
• It received a new 16th-century Italian Renaissance walnut frame from Knoell Rahmen Basel for the presentation.
• The work was exhibited at the 1912 'Sonderbund' exhibition in Cologne before coming to Munich.