Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

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painting work of art

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon is a groundbreaking 1907 painting by Pablo Picasso that helped launch Cubism and radically transformed the course of modern art.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon canonical	4
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon	4
Primitivist phase of Picasso	1
The Young Ladies of Avignon	1
“Les Demoiselles d’Avignon”	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T37971 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
Context triple: [Museum of Modern Art, notableWorkInCollection, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon]

A. Campbell's Soup Cans
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B. The Starry Night
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C. The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
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D. Mens et Manus
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E. City of Light
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F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
Target entity description: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon is a groundbreaking 1907 painting by Pablo Picasso that helped launch Cubism and radically transformed the course of modern art.

A. Campbell's Soup Cans
Campbell's Soup Cans is a landmark 1962 pop art work by Andy Warhol consisting of 32 canvases depicting different varieties of Campbell's soup, emblematic of mass production and consumer culture.
B. The Starry Night
The Starry Night is Vincent van Gogh’s iconic 1889 post‑impressionist painting depicting a swirling night sky over a quiet village, widely regarded as one of the most famous artworks in Western art.
C. The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp is a 1632 group portrait by Rembrandt depicting a public dissection in Amsterdam, celebrated for its dramatic lighting and psychological realism.
D. Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
E. City of Light
City of Light is a famous nickname for Paris, highlighting its historic role as a center of art, culture, and enlightenment.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	painting ⓘ work of art ⓘ
acquiredBy	Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
acquisitionYear	1939 ⓘ
artForm	oil on canvas ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance	challenged traditional perspective in Western painting ⓘ considered a revolutionary work in modern art ⓘ marked a radical break with naturalistic representation ⓘ often cited as the beginning of Cubism ⓘ
artist	Pablo Picasso ⓘ
catalogueRaisonneNumber	Zervos II 17 ⓘ
collection	Museum of Modern Art collection ⓘ
colorCharacteristic	dominant pink and blue tones ⓘ
completionDate	1907 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Spain ⓘ
creator	Pablo Picasso ⓘ
depicts	brothel scene ⓘ five nude women ⓘ prostitutes ⓘ still life with fruit ⓘ
firstExhibited	1916 ⓘ
genre	history of modern art ⓘ
hasPart	angular fragmented bodies ⓘ drapery background ⓘ figure with African mask-like face ⓘ
height	243.9 cm ⓘ
inception	1907 ⓘ
influencedBy	African art ⓘ Iberian sculpture ⓘ Paul Cézanne ⓘ
locatedIn	New York City ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
location	Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
materialUsed	canvas ⓘ
medium	oil paint ⓘ
movement	Cubism ⓘ
notableFor	influence on subsequent avant-garde movements ⓘ use of multiple viewpoints in a single picture plane ⓘ
originalTitle	Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ⓘ
owner	Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
periodInArtistCareer	Picasso's Rose Period transition ⓘ
placeOfCreation	Paris ⓘ
style	early Cubism ⓘ proto-Cubism ⓘ
subjectMatter	female figure ⓘ nude ⓘ prostitution ⓘ
titleLanguage	French ⓘ
translatedTitle	The Young Ladies of Avignon ⓘ linked to: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
width	233.7 cm ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Museum of Modern Art → notableWorkInCollection → Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ⓘ

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon → originalTitle → Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ⓘ

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon → translatedTitle → The Young Ladies of Avignon ⓘ