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Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

A fresh look at Picasso's controversial masterpiece Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, one of the key modern art works that set the 20th century on its way.

'My Brothel' is the title that Picasso gave to his masterwork Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, the painting of five towering prostitutes that began the art of the twentieth century. It was a work that shocked even his friends when they first saw it, with one saying that Picasso would be found hanged behind it one day. The programme relates how the painting grew out of a fierce rivalry between Matisse and Picasso and just why it was and remains so revolutionary.

50 minutes

Last on

Sun 16 May 2010 22:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator Samuel West
Producer Judith Winnan
Director Judith Winnan

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