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What is the meaning behind the Portrait of Dora Maar?

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What is the meaning behind the Portrait of Dora Maar?
The meaning behind the Portrait of Dora Maar is subject to personal interpretation. However, many art historians believe the abstracted portrait represents the turmoil and emotional suffering people endured during the Spanish Civil War. Pablo Picasso witnessed the horrors of the war firsthand, and the experience likely influenced his work. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Pablo Picasso art.
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Carmen in Profile - Original Etching #Picasso estate collection (Bloch #572)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO Carmen, Woman in Profile, 1949 Original aquatint engraving (Atelier Lacourière, Paris) Unsigned Dated in the plate On Arches vellum 49 x 35 cm (c. 19.2 x 13.7 in) REF...
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1940s Modern Portrait Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

La Petite Corrida (Bloch 839; Cramer 92; Mourlot 302), XXe siècle
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonne references: Picasso, Pablo, and Georges Bloc...
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1950s Cubist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Madoura, Colorful Bird - Original lithograph poster (Czwiklitzer #319)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) Madoura, Colorful Bird, 1967 Lithograph poster (Mourlot workshop) On paper 67 x 48 cm (c. 27 x 19 in) Lilmited edition of 1000 proofs (unumbered) REFERENC...
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1960s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Composition, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, collage, relief on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Paper Size: 14 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Verve: Rev...
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1950s Cubist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Composition, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Paper Size: 14 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Verve: Revue Artistique et ...
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1950s Cubist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

La Petite Corrida (Bloch 839; Cramer 92; Mourlot 302), Hommage à Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonne references: Picasso, Pablo, and Georges Bloc...
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1970s Cubist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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