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The Phillips Collection

The Phillips Collection, founded in 1921 by Duncan Phillips, is America’s first museum of modern art. Located in Washington D.C.’s Dupont Circle neighborhood, it occupies Phillips’ former home and subsequent additions. The museum houses a growing collection of over 5,000 works, featuring modern and contemporary art from renowned artists such as Renoir, Courbet, El Greco, Van Gogh, Matisse, Monet, Picasso, Braque, Bonnard, Klee or Miró. The Phillips Collection is known for its intimate setting and frequently rearranged galleries, offering visitors fresh experiences. In addition to its permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum provides educational programs and maintains a satellite campus called Phillips@THEARC.

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Spanish collection

The following 26 Spanish artworks are a selection from the collection of the The Phillips Collection.

The Repentant St. Peter

by El Greco, circa 1600–1605

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
36 7/8 x 29 5/8 in.

17th century

Charles Quint Lançant Un Taureau

by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, circa 1700–1800

Medium
Etching and aquatint on paper
Dimensions
8 5/8 x 12 1/2 in.
Credits
Gift of Marjorie Phillips, 1985
Notes

Undated. 18th century or earlier.

18th century

Beware of the Advice

by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, circa 1806–1812

Medium
Pen and ink and wash on paper
Dimensions
10 x 6 3/4 in.

19th century

They Play Another with the Cape... from La Tauromaquia

by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1816

Medium
Etching and aquatint on paper
Dimensions
12 7/8 x 17 7/8 in.
Credits
Gift of Marjorie Phillips, 1984

19th century

A Moor Caught by the Bull... from La Tauromaquia

by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1816

Medium
Etching and aquatint on paper
Dimensions
12 1/8 x 18 in.
Credits
Gift of Marjorie Phillips, 1984

19th century

The Repentant St. Peter

by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, circa 1820–1824

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
28 3/4 x 25 1/4 in.

19th century

The Blue Room

by Pablo Picasso, 1901

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
19 7/8 x 24 1/4 in.
Credits
© 2022 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

20th century

L'Abreuvoir

by Pablo Picasso, 1905

Medium
Drypoint on paper
Dimensions
13 x 20 in.
Credits
© 2022 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

20th century

The Jester

by Pablo Picasso, 1905

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
16 1/8 in. x 14 in x 8 1/4 in.
Credits
© 2022 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

20th century

Still Life with Newspaper

by Juan Gris, 1916

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
29 x 23 3/4 in.

20th century

Abstraction. Biarritz

by Pablo Picasso, 1918

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Image: 14 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. Framed: 19 in. x 15 11/16 in x 1 1/2 in.
Credits
© 2022 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

20th century

Italienne. Femme au Livre

by Pablo Picasso, 1919

Medium
Etching
Dimensions
10 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. Image: 5 5/8 x 3 3/4 in.
Credits
Bequest of Seymour and Janet Rubin, 2003; © 2022 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

20th century

Studio Corner

by Pablo Picasso, 1921

Medium
Transparent and opaque watercolor and graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions
8 1/4 x 10 5/8 in.
Credits
© 2022 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

20th century

Coiffure

by Pablo Picasso, 1923

Medium
Litograph on paper
Dimensions
10 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.
Credits
© 2022 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

20th century

Seated Woman

by Pablo Picasso, 1924

Medium
Litograph on paper
Dimensions
15 x 11 in.
Credits
Gift of Marjorie Phillips, 1984; © 2022 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

20th century

Fruit and Flowers

by Ismael González de la Serna, 1926

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
39 1/4 x 31 3/4 in.

20th century

Table and Plant

by Ismael González de la Serna, 1926

Medium
Oil on academy board
Dimensions
18 7/8 x 12 3/8 in.

20th century

Reclining Figure

by Pablo Picasso, 1934

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Image: 18 1/4 x 25 3/4 in. Framed: 26 in x 33 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in.
Credits
Gift of the Carey Walker Foundation, 1994; © 2022 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

20th century

Bullfight

by Pablo Picasso, 1934

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
19 5/8 x 25 3/4 in.
Credits
© 2022 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

20th century

Still Life with Glass and Fruit

by Pablo Picasso, 1939

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
12 7/8 x 18 1/16 in.
Credits
Gift of the Carey Walker Foundation, 1994; © 2022 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

20th century

Woman with Green Hat

by Pablo Picasso, 1939

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Image: 25 5/8 x 19 3/4 in. Framed: 33 1/2 in. x 27 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in.
Credits
Gift of the Carey Walker Foundation, 1994; © 2022 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

20th century

Woman's Head

by Pablo Picasso, 1945

Medium
Litograph on paper
Dimensions
12 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.
Credits
© 2022 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

20th century

Bullfight

by Pablo Picasso, 1946

Medium
Litograph on paper
Dimensions
13 x 17 1/2 in.
Credits
© 2022 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

20th century

The Red Sun

by Joan Miró, 1948

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Image: 36 1/8 x 28 1/8 in. Framed: 44 3/4 in. x 36 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in.

20th century

Head of a Woman

by Pablo Picasso, 1950

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
12 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.
Credits
© 2022 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

20th century

Amalgama Phillips Collection

by Daniel Canogar, 2021

Medium
Digital projection
Credits
The Dreier Fund for Acquisitions, 2021

21st century