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A Collage Before College: Picasso, 1899
Picasso 1899 invites us to think about what led the young artist to paste a mechanically printed image onto one of his drawings. In doing so it re-examines Picasso’s interest and involvement in the world of serial reproduction (the illustrated press, posters, advertisements) and recreates the visual environment ofindustrially produced images— picture cards, newspapers, cartoons, postcards, photographs, films — in which he lived and worked. It also will look at the craze for cutting out and pasting that went beyond collectible picture cards,and was a feature of urban leisure around 1900.
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Picasso 1899 invites us to think about what led the young artist to paste a mechanically printed image onto one of his drawings. In doing so it re-examines Picasso’s interest and involvement in the world of serial reproduction (the illustrated press, posters, advertisements) and recreates the visual environment ofindustrially produced images— picture cards, newspapers, cartoons, postcards, photographs, films — in which he lived and worked. It also will look at the craze for cutting out and pasting that went beyond collectible picture cards,and was a feature of urban leisure around 1900.
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