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Les Demoiselles d’Alabama
Paul Perthus
Rodrigo Hernandez
Les Demoiselles d’Alabama
• By Robert Colescott
• 1985
• Acrylic on Canvas
Pablo Picasso (1907)
• They are dancing, showing their way of representing their own culture
• Showing them to be interacting and sharing their different cultures.
• Its interesting to see that the three African American Women are smiling
while the white women aren’t.
• The watermelon is a stereotype of African American culture.
• There is an aspect of the myth of the primitive.

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  • 1. Les Demoiselles d’Alabama Paul Perthus Rodrigo Hernandez
  • 2. Les Demoiselles d’Alabama • By Robert Colescott • 1985 • Acrylic on Canvas
  • 4. • They are dancing, showing their way of representing their own culture • Showing them to be interacting and sharing their different cultures. • Its interesting to see that the three African American Women are smiling while the white women aren’t. • The watermelon is a stereotype of African American culture. • There is an aspect of the myth of the primitive.