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Pablo Picasso, Le Moulin de la Galette, 1900, oil on canvas, 88.2 x 115.5 cm, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Source
Le Moulin de la Galette was the 19-year-old Picasso’s first Parisian painting. The artist came to the city in 1900 to experience the famous Exposition Universelle, and he became enamoured with the glamorous nightlife during this two-month stay.
Origins.
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