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Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

American  
[ley duh-mwah-zel da-vee-nyawn] / leɪ də mwɑˈzɛl da viˈnyɔ̃ /

noun

  1. a painting (1907) by Pablo Picasso.


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Some works – Monet’s Water Lilies, Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon – will always be there.

From The Guardian • Oct. 16, 2019

What was Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" but the artist breaking up the portrait and the picture plane?

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2018

But there is much yet to come: Picasso's Iberian period, his African period, the radical inventions of "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon," the creation of Cubism with Georges Braques.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2018

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon is just six years away.

From The Guardian • Jul. 31, 2012

In the history of modern art, that honor belongs to Les Demoiselles d’Avignon.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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