A reflection on non-representational art…
As the story goes…
A wealthy man commissioned Pablo Picasso to paint a portrait of his wife. Startled by the non-representational image on the final canvas, the woman’s husband complained to the artist, “This isn’t how she really looks.”
When asked by the great painter how she really looked, the man produced a photograph from his wallet. Returning the photograph, Pablo observed, “Small, isn’t she?”
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Images by Picasso: Self Portrait, 1907; Jacqueline, 1954.