Picasso Demoiselles d’Avignon
Slide 1: Picasso Life 1903
[ text: La Vie (Life), 1903
Oil on canvas
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Gift of the Hanna Fund 1945. 24
Cat. no. 5] �2001 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York La Vie (Life) is among Picasso�s most complex and enigmatic paintings. Begun in Barcelona during the spring of 1903, the composition was revised extensively by Picasso during the painting process. Nearly a century later, its precise meaning remains the subject of considerable debate. X-radiography, infrared reflectography, and other methods of scientific analysis are now being used to develop new theories about Picasso�s alterations to the composition. Reconstructing the artist�s creative process and isolating the points at which crucial decisions were made about its content are vital to unlocking the meaning of this cryptic allegory.
Slide 2: Picasso Demoiselles d’Avignon 1907
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Slide 8: Gaugin The Spirit of the Dead Watching 1892
Gauguin, Paul
Spirit of the Dead Watching
1892
Oil on burlap mounted on canvas
28 1 / 2 x 36 3/8 in. (72.4 x 92.4 cm)
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
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