During his stay at Gósol, he produced a large quantity of works, including paintings, drawings, watercolours, gouaches, and carvings.
Elizabeth Cowling, curator of a Picasso exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, considered the trip to be of great importance, saying that it was, "the break that gave him the opportunity to absorb sources he'd recently discovered more fully and develop ideas and themes outside the competitive environment of a major city.
The oil painting is a portrait of a young woman with long, dark hair and a sideways stare and has an estimated value of €26 million.
[4][5] In January 2020, Spanish billionaire Jaime Botín was convicted of attempting to smuggle Head of a Young Woman out of Spain.
Evidence presented at the court case showed that Botín had attempted to sell the painting in 2012, by authorising Christie's auction house to seek an export permit from Madrid, but this had been denied.
The painting was seized by French customs agents on 31 July 2015 and it was then transferred to Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid for protection.