Curtain Design for Parade, 1917


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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.

Curtain Design for Parade, 1917

Curtain Design for Parade, ladder and star, 1917Common 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


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