Puzzle

PUZZLE talking about art there is a picture I love pablo picasso it is his three musicians a study in cubism the three dressed as clowns clarinet guitar and voice so it would appear a dog under the table its paws like shadows protrude varied colorful the feeling is happy warm a staff of black notes one with a mask carnival! why the dog in attendance? Readers! If you know this painting, please enlighten me. Even if you haven’t seen it, take a shot. D.R.A.

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Robert Jerore

Date: 10/24/2012 8:20:00 PM

Thank you, Daver A research comment: The three musicians and dog conjure a bygone period of bohemian life, enjoyed here by Picasso in the guise of a Harlequin flanked by two figures who may represent poet-friends of the artist: Guillaume Apollinaire, who had recently died, and Max Jacob. The patterned flatness of the work is derived from cut-and-pasted paper, and stands in stark contrast to the sculptural monumentality of Picasso’s Three Women at the Spring, also painted in the summer of 1921.

David Smalling

Date: 11/17/2010 11:48:00 AM

Daver, you mean "The Three Musicians" in which Picasso seduced perception to ignore color, and made the dog the same color as the walls. The Hegel-Marx theory of dialectical materialism (which Picasso espoused) dealt with class issues (and Jesus had used the analogy of the dog in one such situation). Music represents harmony, but the resting worker (dog in the shadow) is a social discord.

Gert W. Knop

Date: 11/17/2010 8:17:00 AM

Hi Daver, I know that picture. The dog is more like a shadow and don't seem to like the music, no idea why Picasso placed him there in the corner. But I agree, it's a nice painting. I do paint myself but more in a neorealistic pattern. Picasso must have enjoyed clowns as he pictured various. Enjoyed yout Tankas....Gert

Wilma Neels

Date: 11/14/2010 8:08:00 PM

Dave, now you made me curious, I need to have a look at it.. Unique write but again it is Mr. Austin's work ;) enjoyed reading early on a Monday morning

Sara Kendrick

Date: 11/14/2010 8:48:00 AM

I will take a look..So hard to interpert those kinds of works..Sara

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/13/2010 11:35:00 AM

Daver, I am not a fan of modern art OR the super modern poetry. I prefer the classic paintings before 1900. The style of the realists and the romanticists. But the picture you paint is very interesting. Probably the dog is there becuase dogs are such clowns themselves! Cool poem! Luv, Andrea

Date: 11/13/2010 8:36:00 AM

You paint a picture with words in this one. Nice use of imagery. Thank you for sharing your talent with us. Keep on writing. Karen

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 11/12/2010 11:44:00 PM

sorry Daver, i have not seen the painting,, i did enjoy the poem now its a puzzle to me ,, enjoyed,,, *p.s.* I posted a poem dedication, hope you can spy your name in there. (IT IS IN THERE)Thanks for all your comments always p.d.

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 11/12/2010 7:04:00 PM

After reading your poem Dave want to view it again ... awesome words of vividness and intensity in presentation to the reader luv.. going to check it out...again... happy weekend luv..

Dr.Ram Mehta

Date: 11/12/2010 3:53:00 PM

You have put a real puzzle for us. I shall have to look into it, daver

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 11/12/2010 3:09:00 PM

Excellent poem, Daver. I looked at the painting on the Internet and could not find the dog's paws. Maybe my eyes are bad? I'm not a big fan of Picasso, but your poem is lively and colorful. Wish I could find that dog's paws. Love, Carolyn

Carrie Richards

Date: 11/12/2010 2:57:00 PM

Yes...that painting is delightful !! Actually, my son in law is in a little rock band, and he has that print hanging in his "practice" studio......it always makes me smile....love the dog under the table!! Great poem on this work!!