Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
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Les Demoiselles d'Avignon is a groundbreaking 1907 painting by Pablo Picasso that helped launch Cubism and radically transformed the course of modern art.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
painting
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work of art → |
| acquiredBy |
Museum of Modern Art
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| acquisitionYear |
1939
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| artForm |
oil on canvas
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| artHistoricalSignificance |
challenged traditional perspective in Western painting
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considered a revolutionary work in modern art → marked a radical break with naturalistic representation → often cited as the beginning of Cubism → |
| artist |
Pablo Picasso
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| catalogueRaisonneNumber |
Zervos II 17
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| collection |
Museum of Modern Art collection
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| colorCharacteristic |
dominant pink and blue tones
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| completionDate |
1907
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| countryOfOrigin |
Spain
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| creator |
Pablo Picasso
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| depicts |
brothel scene
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five nude women → prostitutes → still life with fruit → |
| firstExhibited |
1916
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| genre |
history of modern art
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| hasPart |
angular fragmented bodies
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drapery background → figure with African mask-like face → |
| height |
243.9 cm
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| inception |
1907
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| influencedBy |
African art
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Iberian sculpture → Paul Cézanne → |
| locatedIn |
New York City
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United States → |
| location |
Museum of Modern Art
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| materialUsed |
canvas
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| medium |
oil paint
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| movement |
Cubism
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| notableFor |
influence on subsequent avant-garde movements
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use of multiple viewpoints in a single picture plane → |
| originalTitle |
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
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| owner |
Museum of Modern Art
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| periodInArtistCareer |
Picasso's Rose Period transition
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| placeOfCreation |
Paris
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| style |
early Cubism
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proto-Cubism → |
| subjectMatter |
female figure
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nude → prostitution → |
| titleLanguage |
French
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| translatedTitle |
The Young Ladies of Avignon
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| width |
233.7 cm
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Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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African art–influenced Period
("Les Demoiselles d’Avignon")
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Pablo Picasso → |
notableWork |
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African art–influenced Period
("Primitivist phase of Picasso")
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alsoKnownAs |
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Museum of Modern Art
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notableWorkInCollection |
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Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
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originalTitle |
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Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
("The Young Ladies of Avignon")
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translatedTitle |