Harlequin Sailor 2015, by Pablo Matisse

Harlequin Sailor, 2015
Pablo Matisse
Acrylic on canvas original
(after H. Matisse and P. Picasso)
16” x 20”
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While consciously derivative of Picasso’s Seated Harlequin and Matisse’s Young Sailor, I also borrow from Matisse’s cut-outs with shapes that attempt to camouflage the work’s sexual ambiguity. The male presence of the sailor is seemingly machismo compared to the fanciful decorative frills and patterns of the harlequin costume. The familiar argyle pattern motif serves as the focal point of this hybrid painting, symbolic of clowns and acrobats of Picasso’s time. –Pablo Matisse
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