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Three Musicians at the Museum of Modern Art
Three Musicians is the title of two similar oil paintings by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. They were both completed in 1921 in the Synthetic Cubist style. One version is currently owned by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City; the other is found in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Each painting features a Harlequin, a Pierrot, and a monk, who are generally believed to represent Picasso, Guillaume Apollinaire, and Max Jacob, respectively. Apollinaire and Jacob, both poets, had been close friends of Picasso during the 1910s. However, Apollinaire died of the Spanish flu in 1918, while Jacob decided to enter a monastery in 1921.[1]
[edit] Differences between the two versions
- The Harlequin is located at the center of the MoMA version, while the Pierrot appears at the center of the Philadelphia version.
- The Harlequin plays a guitar in the MoMA version and a violin in the Philadelphia version.
- ^ "Pablo Picasso." Grove Art Online.
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