Mixed media (chalk, wax, oil) on paper. Signed at the lower right. Dated at the lower left: October 6, [19]46. Mounted in a passepartout. One long tear with repair at the upper edge; nail holes at the corners; some foxing and light crackling. Sheet size 65.5 x 50.5 cm. 

Françoise Gilot, French painter and bestselling author living in New York City and Paris, is widely known as the lover and artistic muse of Pablo Picasso from 1944 to 1953, and the mother of his children, Claude Picasso and Paloma Picasso.