Picasso Piece Displayed at Evansville Museum

WNIN | By John Gibson

Published June 27, 2024 at 12:37 PM CDT

Visitors to the Evansville Museum of Art, History and Science, take photos of the recently unveiled Pablo Picasso piece, 'Seated Woman with Red Hat.'

The stained-glass version of Seated Woman in Red Hat was hidden away for decades

A Picasso artwork hidden away for decades is finally on display at the Evansville Museum. WNIN’s John Gibson has details:

The Museum of Arts, History and Science gave museum members the first look at the “stained glass” version of Pablo Picasso’s Seated Woman in Red Hat earlier this week.

The exhibit opened to the general public with a ribbon cutting on Wednesday.

The 'new' Pablo Picasso piece (right) is back lit, and hung in a shadowy corner for better viewing.

The museum performed renovations for the new exhibition space that also includes several Picasso prints and one ceramic work by the Spanish artist.

The back-lit version of Seated Woman in Red Hat was created in the mid-1950s at a studio in France, where Picasso worked with glass artisans to reinterpret some of his most famous paintings.

Visitors take photos of the 'new' Pablo Picasso piece at the Evansville Museum of Art, History and Science.

Industrial designer Raymond Loewy bought Seated Woman in Red Hat and donated it to the Evansville Museum in 1963.

The piece was mislabeled and it remained in storage for decades.

'Seated Woman in Red Hat' is made of layers of stained glass. — 'Seated Woman with Red Hat' is made of layers of stained glass.

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