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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Example Sentences

I saw that one of the lithographs uses Picasso’s “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon.”

From Los Angeles Times

The mural, Johnson said, loosely references Picasso's 1907 painting, Les Demoiselles D’Avignon.

From BBC

It may not lead to great, revolutionary art, but at the end of a long day, when you kick off your shoes and sink down into the sofa, you may not be in the mood for “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” or a stuffed goat with a tire around its middle.

From Los Angeles Times

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon looks extremely flat.

From Literature

He went home, stretched an enormous canvas—eight feet by eight feet—and set to work on a painting that became known as Les Demoiselles d’Avignon.

From Literature