Studies for this painting that show a sailor holding a vase at the center and a medical student holding a skull and entering from the le  were discussed in a 1972 essay on this painting's "philosophical" nature, which was written by Leo Steinberg.
Studies for this painting that show a sailor holding a vase at the center and a medical student holding a skull and entering from the le  were discussed in a 1972 essay on this painting's "philosophical" nature, which was written by Leo Steinberg. The artist and his friends joked that two of this painting's subjects were the artist's girlfriend and Max Jacob's (mahks ZHAH-kob's) grandmother. This work, which borrows from its artist's earlier Two Nudes, depicts a woman in the back right who enters through a part in a blue curtain. A pile of fruit sits in the bottom center of this painting, whose two rightmost subjects have facial features inspired by African masks. For 10 points, name this painting by Pablo Picasso that depicts  ve prostitutes and has a title referencing a French city.
Studies for this painting that show a sailor holding a vase at the center and a medical student holding a skull and entering from the le  were discussed in a 1972 essay on this painting's "philosophical" nature, which was written by Leo Steinberg.
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon [or The Young Ladies of Avignon; accept The Brothel of Avignon]