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Robert Longo — Study of Weeping Woman, 1937 (After Picasso)
Robert Longo

Study of Weeping Woman, 1937 (After Picasso)

2014

A monumental work rendered in ink and charcoal on vellum, Robert Longo's *Study of Weeping Woman, 1937 (After Picasso)* reimagines Picasso's iconic image of anguish through Longo's signature hyperrealistic draftsmanship. The work amplifies the raw emotional torment of the original, translating Picasso's fragmented, Cubist distortions into a densely layered surface of stark blacks and luminous whites. Longo's meticulous mark-making transforms grief into something simultaneously monumental and deeply intimate.

Medium
ink and charcoal on vellum

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

October 4, 2018

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Robert Longo, Study of Weeping Woman, 1937 (After Picasso), 2014

A monumental work rendered in ink and charcoal on vellum, Robert Longo's *Study of Weeping Woman, 1937 (After Picasso)* reimagines Picasso's iconic image of anguish through Longo's signature hyperrealistic draftsmanship. The work amplifies the raw emotional torment of the original, translating Picasso's fragmented, Cubist distortions into a densely layered surface of stark blacks and luminous whites. Longo's meticulous mark-making transforms grief into something simultaneously monumental and deeply intimate.

Medium
ink and charcoal on vellum
Year
2014
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Emotional Intensity, Male Artist, Vellum, Contemporary Artist, Figurative Drawing, Appropriation Art, American Artist, After Picasso, Ink And Charcoal, Neo-Expressionism, Black and White

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Alex Capecelatro, Hamilton Selway Gallery