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Constructing Abstraction. Pablo Picasso’s Constellation Drawings (1924)

February 13, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 3 Comments

The Constellations drawings are a series of sketches by Pablo Picasso drawn on sixteen pages of a notebook in 1924. For these small drawings in black pen and ink, Picasso took inspiration from sky charts and aimed at an artistic exploration of the limit between abstraction and figuration. Black dots are connected by thin lines to produce different kinds of figures, some geometrically controlled and others more leaning toward a free composition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  1. Pamela Basey says

    September 9, 2017 at 12:52 am

    Thank you so much for bringing these to view! I rarely get to Chicago, but would love to see these. The art institute does not reproduce these. I would love a set of prints for my son. Do you know if they are under public domain? Could I purchase your images for printing?

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