Thursday, March 19, 2009

Daily Question 109

What is this the inspiration for?



Picasso declared once that his earliest cubist works were inspired by Absinthe, including one named "Bottle of Pernod and Glass" painted in 1912, directly based on the Pernod publicity posters designed by Maire, picturing a bottle of Absinthe, a glass, and a folded newspaper.



Cracked by Vishal. Arun got half there

4 comments:

apraman said...

kahlo's viva la vida? wild guess!

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Vishal Chandrasekar said...

absolut ads?

vishal

Vishal Chandrasekar said...

Inspiration for Picasso / cubism?

tineyed and googled..

esoteric :) - assuming im rite..

vishal

Arun said...

Absinthe ritual, the pontarlier glasses got their fame from the painting by Charles Maire which is what is shown