Girl Before a Mirror, created by Pablo Picasso, in March of 1932 is a paradoxical piece of work which can be found ironic. ... We have noted how Picasso played around with the texture of his figures in earlier works. ... Here Picasso has found what he was looking for. ... What Picasso has managed to do is to create an impression of voluptuousness using a style that virtually dispenses with light all together! ... In the latter Picasso has found an economical symbol for what was expressed in the earlier work by an excessive use of paradox. ...

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