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Three Musicians (1921) by Pablo Picasso. Oil on canvas. 200.7 × 222.9 cm. Museum of Modern Art, New York, U.S.

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Here is an intriguing image, painted by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso.

Three Musicians (1921) is an example of so-called Synthetic Cubism. Angular blocks of paint offer a stylised, rudimentary depiction of a trio of musicians whose…