Picasso herlequin 1917 1937

Catalogue from the exhibition held October 2008 to February 2009 in Rome at the Complesso del Vittoriano. More than 180 works including oil paintings, works on paper and sculptures offer a remarkable picture of the original and eclectic creative frenzy of Pablo Picasso, in the twenty years between the two world wars: 1917-1937, which encompasses so to speak all the time production of the master Spanish, since it emphasizes the diversity protean artist. The title Harlequin art wants to be a metaphor, as pointed out by Yve-Alain Bois: "Harlequin can be anything you want, and Picasso, who was at the peak of his productivity at the same time and could adopt the style of Cubism, Neoclassicism, Surrealism and expressionism, had different affinities with this mask legendary ".