GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In this painting, a life-size musician with large, clumsy hands, disjointed body parts, and wide, piercing eyes strums a guitar. Comprised of flat, geometric shapes, the figure resides in the foreground of an ill-defined space painted in grisaille with accents of green, red, and pale yellow. An arresting head in the lower left corner is thought to be a self-portrait of the artist, and a kind of visual signature for the aging Pablo Picasso. Picasso’s friend Hélène Parmelin recounted Picasso’s personal relationship with the series of paintings from which this work came: “In the studio, the eyes of the canvases, by the way they had of staring into ours from deep inside those painted heads..., never ceased asking us questions...We would look at the canvases straight in the eyes. We played at giving our opinions of the man in front of us.”
Adapted from
Heather MacDonald, DMA label copy, 2010.
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Created 1965
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- Guggenheim, New York~Learn more about the life and works of Pablo Picasso.
- Museum of Modern Art, New York~Check out Picasso's Three Musicians.
- Khan Academy~Watch this video about Picasso's 1912 Guitar.
- Houston Public Media, University of Houston~Listen to a conversation from Houston Public Media about the connections between Picasso and music.
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General Description
In this painting, a life-size musician with large, clumsy hands, disjointed body parts, and wide, piercing eyes strums a guitar. Comprised of flat, geometric shapes, the figure resides in the foreground of an ill-defined space painted in grisaille with accents of green, red, and pale yellow. An arresting head in the lower left corner is thought to be a self-portrait of the artist, and a kind of visual signature for the aging Pablo Picasso. Picasso’s friend Hélène Parmelin recounted Picasso’s personal relationship with the series of paintings from which this work came: “In the studio, the eyes of the canvases, by the way they had of staring into ours from deep inside those painted heads..., never ceased asking us questions...We would look at the canvases straight in the eyes. We played at giving our opinions of the man in front of us.”
Adapted from
Heather MacDonald, DMA label copy, 2010.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Guggenheim, New York~Learn more about the life and works of Pablo Picasso.
- Museum of Modern Art, New York~Check out Picasso's Three Musicians.
- Khan Academy~Watch this video about Picasso's 1912 Guitar.
- Houston Public Media, University of Houston~Listen to a conversation from Houston Public Media about the connections between Picasso and music.
Notes
Created 1965
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
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