The artist's previous work designing sets for Diaghilev's productions of Stravinsky's Pulcinella and De Falla's Cuadro Flamenco influenced the composition of this pair of 1921 works that reference the theater and the carnival.
The artist's previous work designing sets for Diaghilev's productions of Stravinsky's Pulcinella and De Falla's Cuadro Flamenco influenced the composition of this pair of 1921 works that reference the theater and the carnival. In one, the dominant color scheme is blue and black, while the other features more grey and white. Both feature a table in the foreground at which the title figures sit. Only the Monk's position-- on the far right-- remains consistent in both canvases. Pierrot shifts positions from the left to the center, while the colorful yellow and red of the Harlequin's costume draws attention to the instrument he holds. Painted to echo the cut and pasted style of collage, FTP, name these identically titled masterpieces of synthetic cubism featuring players of a flute, an accordion, and a violin, by Pablo Picasso.
The artist's previous work designing sets for Diaghilev's productions of Stravinsky's Pulcinella and De Falla's Cuadro Flamenco influenced the composition of this pair of 1921 works that reference the theater and the carnival.
Three Musicians