Ma Jolie (Picasso, New York)

Ma Jolie is a 1911–1912 Cubist painting by Pablo Picasso.

[2] It is not to be confused with the 1914 Picasso of the same name, now in the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Picasso's mistress at the time he created this painting was Eva Gouel (whose real name was Marcelle Humbert).

Ma Jolie was also the refrain of a popular song of the day.

The picture also implies a bowl of fruit situated on top of the woman's head, alluding to the abstract roots of his works before the onset of the First World War.