THE MET PRESENTS 'PICASSO IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART'

PICASSO IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, A LANDMARK EXHIBITION OF OVER 300 WORKS BY PABLO PICASSO, WILL PROVIDE AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COLLECTION IN THE WORLD OF THE ARTIST'S WORK. ON VIEW AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART FROM 27.APRIL THROUGH 1.AUGUST, THIS IS THE FIRST EXHIBITION TO FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON THE REMARKABLE ARRAY OF WORKS BY PICASSO IN THE MET'S COLLECTION. THE EXHIBITION WILL REVEAL THE MUSEUM'S COMPLETE HOLDINGS OF THE ARTIST'S PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, SCULPTURES AND CERAMICS, NEVER BEFORE SEEN IN THEIR ENTIRETY, AS WELL AS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF HIS PRINTS. THE EXHIBITION ENCOMPASSES THE KEY SUBJECTS FOR WHICH PICASSO IS SO WELL KNOW; THE PENSIVE HARLEQUINS OF HIS BLUE AND ROSE PERIODS, THE FACETED FIGURES AND TABLETOP STILL LIFES OF HIS CUBIST YEARS, THE MONUMENTAL HEADS AND CLASSICIZING BATHERS OF THE 1920s, THE RAGING BULLS AND DREAMING NUDES OF THE 1930s AND THE RAKISH MUSKETEERS OF HIS FINAL TEARS. PICASSO IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART WILL FEATURE 34 PAINTINGS, 58 DRAWINGS, A DOZEN SCULPTURES AND CERAMICS AND AN EXTENSIVE SELECTION OF PRINTS (SOME 200 FROM A COLLECTION OF OVER 400), ALL ACQUIRED BY THE MUSEUM OVER THE PAST 60 YEARS. IMPORTANTLY, THE EXHIBITION INCLUDES MANY WORKS ON PAPER THAT HAVE RARELY, IF EVER BEEN EXHIBITED BEFORE AT THE METROPOLITAN.
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