Total Superposition
 


Woman in Blue with a Beret on Self- portrait with a Palette of 1906. With 50% of control over transparency, we notice the following similarities in the invisible:

  • The oval shape of the face in Self- portrait with a Palette of 1906 coincides with the one of Woman in Blue with a Beret as well as Celestina but the self- portrait is wider.
     
  • The nose is drawn by a line that starts at the root of the eyebrow until the base of the nose.
     
  • The nose is Picasso’s and they are identical.
     
  • We can find the sinuous line at the height of the eyebrow marking the eyelid as well as the line marking a circle under the eye.
     
  • The almond shaped form of the eye.
     
  • The sinuous line at the root of the nose with two loops rounded on either side.
     
  • The rather long wrinkles under the nose, starting from the root of the nose until the upper lip.
     
  • The axial line of the mouth with the lips are identical and are Picasso’s.


It seems that Woman in Blue with a Beret reflects Picasso who represents himself under the traits of a prostitute because he loved to disguise himself. At the source, it is always his own features. The difference lies in the look. Picasso’s eyes are « Spanish eyes » with a black pupil drawn in the iris. The eyes of Woman in Blue with a Beret have a pale iris and a pupil well marked with a white reflection.

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1. Comparison of portraits
2. Self-portrait with a Palette and Woman in Blue with a Beret
3. Total superposition
4. Partial superposition
5. Recombination of the partial superpositions