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For a detailed description of Pablo Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avigon painting, see KIKI SMITH, M O MA H IGHLIGHTS : 350 W ORKS FROM THE M USEUM OF M ODERN A RT , N EW Y ORK 50 (Museum of Modern Art, 3rd ed 2013)

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Barr) that Les Demoiselles was the first Cubist picture was John Golding, who still regarded the picture as "a natural starting-point for the history of Cubism" (J Golding, "The 'Demoiselles d'Avignon,' " Burl- ington Magazine, c, 1958, 162-63) Rubin much later took up this point, arguing that the picture

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Fiche Enseignant : En 1907, Pablo Picasso rêve d'inventer une nouvelle manière de peindre Il peint donc Les Demoiselles d'Avignon Il s'agit d'une œuvre de très grand format (2,43m x 2,33m) qui est considéré comme le point de départ du

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Barr) that Les Demoiselles was the first Cubist picture was John Golding, who still regarded the picture as "a natural starting-point for the history of Cubism" (J Golding, "The 'Demoiselles d'Avignon,' ' Burl- ington Magazine, C, 1958, 162—63) Rubin much later took up this point, arguing that the picture

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