File:Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.jpg

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Description	Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Pablo Picasso, 1907, oil on canvas, 244 x 234 cm; arguably the first cubist painting
Source	Museum of Modern Art, New York
Date	Pablo Picasso completed Les Demoiselles d'Avignon in 1907. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon appeared in the May 1910 edition of the Architectural Record, a US publication . Although it was labeled a "study", numerous sources confirm that the painting itself was reproduced therein (please see File talk:Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.jpg#2008 renewal of discussion). It wasn't published in France until 1925, when it appeared in La Révolution surréaliste .
Author	Pablo Picasso
Permission (Reusing this file)	See below.
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current	13:54, 29 December 2008		4,500 × 4,661 (2.77 MB)	Olpl (talk \| contribs)	from MoMA.org, fairuse
	20:53, 23 March 2004		375 × 387 (28 KB)	Jengod (talk \| contribs)	Pablo Picasso. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. 1907. fairuse

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JPEG file comment	Pablo Picasso. (Spanish, 1881-1973). Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Paris, June-July 1907. Oil on canvas, 8' x 7' 8" (243.9 x 233.7 cm). Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest. © 2008 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York