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Pablo Picasso
Pigeon on a Perch, 1960
Late in his career, Picasso -- ever the innovator -- continued to push the limits of his own pictorial language. He began to look increasingly at the world of Old Masters such as Velasquez and Delacroix to explore new techniques, such as the painterly brushstroke, particularly evident in this calligraphic patterns on the dark background of this painting. |