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The 1934 Drawing and its Correspondences in Picasso's Oeuvre
Curtain Design for Parade, 1917
This complex composition shares a great deal of the same symbolism as the
1934 drawing.
 Common to both are: a horse, a bullfighter, a sailor, a
curtain, a ladder, an angel and a dog.
In addition, in one of Picasso's
preparatory studies for the design, shown below, he depicts a ladder
surmounted by a star symbolising the stages of the alchemical process and
its ultimate goal of mystical enlightenment.
This alchemical symbol is
strongly associated with a range of alchemical motifs that appear in
the 1934 drawing.
© Mark Harris 1996, 1997
- 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
- 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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