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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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Peintre et Modèle, avec une Spectatrice - Etching by Pablo Picasso - 1963
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on wove paper, realized in 1962/63. Image dimension: 31.6x41.7; Sheet dimension 45.4x55.4. Hand signed in pencil lower right. Edition of 2/50, hand numbered. Very good co...
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1960s Cubist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Jacqueline au chapeau à Fleurs. I - Linocut by Pablo Picasso - 1962
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Roma, IT
Color linocut on Arches wove paper with watermark, realized in 1962. Image dimension 34.9x27; Sheet dimension 63x44.6. Hand signed in pencil lower right. Edition of 49/50, hand nu...
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1960s Modern Portrait Prints

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Linocut

Pablo Picasso, The Blue Rider, from Verve, Revue Artistique, 1951
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Le cavalier bleu (The Blue Rider), from Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. VII, No. 25–26, originates from the...
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1950s Cubist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Pablo Picasso, The Lord and the Lady, Memories and Portraits of Artists, 1972
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Le seigneur et la dame (The Lord and the Lady), originates from the 1972 edition published by Editions A. C. Mazo et Ci...
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1970s Cubist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

La Fille au Chapeau - Lithograph by Pablo Picasso - 1959
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on Arches wove paper, with watermark, realized by Picasso in 1959. Image dimension: 64x59 cm; Sheet dimension 65.5x50.5 cm. Hand signed in pencil lower right. Edition of...
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1950s Cubist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

La Dame a la Collerette - Linocut by Pablo Picasso - 1962
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Roma, IT
Color linocut on strong wove paper. Image dimension 53.2x39.3; Sheet size 62.5x44.5. One of the "épreuves de passe" remaining with the printer Arnéra in Vallauris, verso with the s...
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1960s Abstract Portrait Prints

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Linocut

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