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The Blind Man's Meal, 1903 |
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Description |
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Artist |
Picasso, Pablo |
In Paris and Barcelona Picasso was desperately poor. He often went hungry and the frequent appearance of food and drink in his early work is revealing as a mirror of the vicissitudes of his own life. Over and over again he painted men and women seated at a table. Food, if any, is a bowl of gruel of a crust of bread; drink, a bottle of wine or a glass of absinthe.
The composition of the Blind Man’s Meal is characteristic – a single figure against a simple background fills the picture. The repast is frugal but furnishes Picasso with the materials for a still life. |
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Date |
1903 |
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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Medium |
Oil on canvas |
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Dimensions |
95.3 x 94.6 cm |
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