Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

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painting work of art

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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Label Occurrences
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon canonical 4
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon 4
Primitivist phase of Picasso 1

Statements (50)

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

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Museum of Modern Art → notableWorkInCollection → Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ⓘ
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon → originalTitle → Les Demoiselles d'Avignon self-link ⓘ
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon → translatedTitle → Les Demoiselles d'Avignon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Young Ladies of Avignon
Pablo Picasso → notableWork → Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ⓘ
African art–influenced Period → alsoKnownAs → Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Primitivist phase of Picasso
African art–influenced Period → notableWork → Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
The Opening of the Fifth Seal → influenced → Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
Three Women (1907–1908) → relatedWorkByCreator → Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
Bateau-Lavoir → significantWorkCreated → Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon”
Gilot → notableWork → Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ⓘ
subject surface form: Pablo Picasso
Le Bonheur de Vivre → influenced → Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Les Demoiselles d’Avignon