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“Musiciens aux masques” (Three Musicians) by Pablo Picasso (1921) in the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York, U.S. Image source Wikipedia

Here is an intriguing image, painted by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso.

Three Musicians (1921) is an example of so-called Synthetic Cubism. Angular blocks of paint offer a stylised, rudimentary depiction of a trio of musicians whose faces, instruments and…