Vintage 1958 Picasso "Les Demoiselles D'Avignon" Art Print

A vintage 1958 reproduction of Picasso's Les Demoiselles D'Avignon (1907).

Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, a large oil painting from 1907 now part of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, portrays five female prostitutes in a Barcelona brothel with confrontational figures and non-conventional femininity. Influenced by ethnic primitivism, Picasso sought to break away from traditional artistic styles and techniques and embrace a more savage and shamanistic approach. This revolutionary work sparked controversy and even drew criticism from fellow artists like Matisse. Yet, it ultimately paved the way for the cubist movement and solidified Picasso as a pivotal figure in Western painting. Originally titled Le bordel Philosophique, the painting was later renamed Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by poet André Salmon at an exhibition in 1916. Despite Picasso's preference for calling it Mon Bordel or Le Bordel d'Avignon, the current title has become widely recognized and the painting continues to be a source of inspiration and discussion for art critics and enthusiasts.