The Burial of Casagemas (Evocation), 1901

The 1934 Drawing and its Correspondences in Picasso's Oeuvre

The Burial of Casagemas (Evocation), 1901

"The Burial of Casagemas" is often cited as Picasso first exorcism picture, it depicts the ascension of the soul of the artist's friend Casagemas, who shot himself in a Parisian café in 1901.

Two important motifs from this painting recur in the 1934 drawing, namely, the embracing couple in the lower left and the crucified horseback rider in the upper centre. The crucified rider represents the soul of the individual, and as a symbol it has its origins in occult symbolism as well as in earlier drawings and paintings by Picasso showing its stages of development.

© Mark Harris 1996, 1997

Related Picassos

• The Burial of Casagemas (Evocation), 1901
• The Embrace, 1901
• La Vie, 1903
• Phallus and Nude, 1903
• The Mackerel, 1903
• Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon, 1907
• Curtain Design for Parade, 1917
• Pantomime Horse Studies for Parade, 1917 - Related Puppetry Imagery
• Costume Studies for Pulchinella, 1920
• The Three Dancers, 1925
  • The Three Dancers in depth
• La Statuaire, 1925
• The Studio, 1925
• Crucifixion, 1930
• Crucifixion Studies of the 1930's
• The Vollard Suite
• Classical Prints of the 1920's and 1930's
• The Dream, 1932
• Le Meurtre, 1934 and The Death of Marat, 1934
• Minotaur with Javelin, 1934
• Minotauromachy, 1936
• Picasso's illustrations of Paul Eluard's poem, "La Barre d'Appui", 1936
• Guernica, 1937
• Guernica in depth
• Picasso's Secret Guernica
• Night Fishing in Antibes, 1939
• Curtain Design for Romain Rolland's Play,"Le 14 Juillet", 1936
• Grand air, Les yeux fertiles, 1936
• Erotic Compositions of the 1950's and 1960's
• Peace, 1952
• Picasso's Bestiary

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