Related Picassos - The Three Dancers, 1925

	The Three Dancers, 1925
If you've found this site useful, we'd really appreciate a small donation to help with the hosting costs. Thanks!	The 1934 Drawing and its Correspondences in Picasso's Oeuvre The Three Dancers, 1925 This was Picasso's most celebrated surrealist painting, and one of his personal favourites. It is, in many respects, identical to the 1934 drawing in composition. In each, the three figures are in the same pose and relative position. Also, the sharp nosed profile behind the right hand figure reappears in the face of the corresponding figure in the drawing. The wall design in the painting, which appears to be related to a fleur de Lys, recurs by suggestion in the trident form seen in the upper right of the drawing. Similarly, both pictures share the same structure and positioning of verticals and receding floor space. In addition, a number of other motifs hidden in the painting, such as disguised fish and a half moon form also appear the drawing, in a different form and location. There is further account of the "Three Dancers" relationship to the 1934 drawing on the following page. © 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 Next Section: Themes of the 1934 Drawing

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