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"Ma Jolie"

Paris, winter 1911-12

Pablo Picasso

Material / technique
Oil on canvas
Attribution / role
Collection / source
The Museum of Modern Art

Artwork notes

Artist-wide context

He broke objects into planes and later added real paper, asking how an image relates to the things around us.

Materials, marks and colour

Artist-wide context; individual works may differ.

Media and surface

Paint, pasted paper, found materials and clay each demanded a different method.

Marks and structure

Bodies can be drawn with flowing outlines or broken into intersecting planes.

Palette and light

Blue and pink tonal groups, muted Cubist browns and later bright contrasts serve different purposes.

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