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The 'Nude' in a Cubist Context
posted: 03-09-10
Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2)
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The Philadelphia Museum of Art's current Picasso show reimagines a 1912-era Parisian cubist salon to include allied works like Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase. While the gesture may necessitate some license (the painting was neither exhibited with the cubists nor deeply "cubist" in its..    ...more
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Portrait of Chess Players (1911)
Oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.
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posted: 03-09-10
 

 
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