PICASSO'S DEMOISELLES/ THE UNTOLD ORIGINS OF A MODERN MASTERPIECE

Blier uncovers the previously unknown history of Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, one of the twentieth century's most impo rtant, celebrated, and studied paintings. Drawing on her expertise in African art and newly discovered sources, Blier reads the pain ting not as a simple bordello scene but as Picasso's interpretation of the diversity of representations of women from around the wor ld that he encountered in photographs and sculptures.