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Film, Video Pablo Picasso and the Le chant des morts (The Song of the Dead)

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Title

  • Pablo Picasso and the Le chant des morts (The Song of the Dead)

Summary

  • In this segment of From the Vaults, the Library continues to explore treasures from the Aramont Library. This session contextualizes Pablo Picasso's unusual lithographs for Pierre Reverdy's Le chant des morts (The Song of the Dead), as well as his potential engagement with medieval manuscripts as inspiration for the illustrations.

Event Date

  • November 30, 2021

Running Time

  • 15 minutes 4 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Pablo Picasso and the Le chant des morts The Song of the Dead. 2021. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10114/.

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(2021) Pablo Picasso and the Le chant des morts The Song of the Dead. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10114/.

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Pablo Picasso and the Le chant des morts The Song of the Dead. 2021. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10114/>.