The Women of Algiers topic
Also known as
- Add other possible names for this topic
The Women of Algiers (In Their Apartment) is an 1834 oil on canvas painting by Eugene Delacroix. It is located in the Louvre, Paris, France.
It later inspired paintings of the same name by Pablo Picasso, his 1955 (Version "O") which was painted for his wife, Jacqueline Roque, was sold in May 2005 for $18.6 million. The painting is notable for its sexual connotations; it depicts Algerian concubines of a harem. It also depicts opium, which often accompanied paintings of prostitutes. In the 19th...
full article at wikipedia
With the exception of Wikipedia summaries and some images the
content on this page is typically distributed under
the Creative Commons
Attribution license or Public Domain.
The original description for this topic was automatically generated from the Wikipedia article "The Women of Algiers" licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License .
Recent Discussions about The Women of Algiers
There are no conversations on this topic. Would you like to start one?
Start the Discussion »