Bagnante
Bather
Paris, [winter-spring] 1909
Olio su tela
130 x 97 cm.
Collection Mrs. Bertram Smith, New York
John Golding, "Cubism: A History and an Analysis
1907-1914":
"Picasso's 'Bather'...shows the painter
accomplishing the desired optical synthesis in a very thorough but slightly schematic way.
Here both buttocks and the far side of the back are visible in what is basically a simple
three-quarter view of the figure; one leg is in strict profile, while the other is seen
almost from a frontal position. The face, divided down the central axis, is a crude
combination of a three-quarter and profile view, and the elongation of the mouth suggests
even a purely frontal viewpoint." |
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