Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

The Pensive Harlequin, 1917

oil on canvas

Museu Picasso, Barcelona

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PICASSO'S HARLEQUIN

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Surrounded by

suitcases

and cigar smoke,

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the traveler sits

in suit

and stare

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of Picasso's

pensive

harlequin,

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watching the bus

depot clock

measure the night.

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James Magorian

Distances

Chicago, 1972, The Ibis Press

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For more information on the painting: http://www.museupicasso.bcn.es

For more information on the poet: http://www.mockingbird.creighton.edu/Ncw/magorian.htm

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