Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Bust of a Man (study for Les Demoiselles d'Avignon)
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Bust of a Man (study for Les Demoiselles d'Avignon)
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Image View:
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Detail, clothing and rapid brushstrokes
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Creator:
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Pablo Picasso (Spanish painter, 1881-1973)
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Location:
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repository: Musée Picasso [Paris] (Paris, Île-de-France, France) MP14
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Location Note:
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From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
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Date:
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1907 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint on canvas
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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56 cm (height) x 46.5 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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abstraction; portrait; Masks; study; oil sketch
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Description:
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Painted in Paris in the Spring of 1907. The simplified forms and empty eye socket recalls the African masks that inspired Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. (Source: Le Fur, Yves, ed.; Through the Eyes of Picasso: Face to Face with African and Oceanic Art, Paris: Editions Flammarion, 2017 (978-2-08-020319-9))
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-PICASSO-FAFFM-BM-A03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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