A simple guitar inspired the Spanish artist to think out of the cubist box—and create a symphony of work that would change art forever. Blake Gopnik explores MoMA's new Picasso show.
"Bottle, Guitar, and Pipe" Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
4. The Guitar Body
"Head of a Man" The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection, 1967
1. A Tool Kit for Art
"Guitar" Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design, Oslo
2. El Guitare
"Guitar" The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Nelson A. Rockefeller Bequest, 1979
3. Air on the G String
"Musical Score and Guitar" Centre Pompidou, Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris. Bequest of Georges Salles, 1967
5. A Guitar in a Room
"Guitar, Gas Jet, and Bottle" Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. Purchased 1982
6. A Master's Hand
"Head of a Man" Kunsthaus Zurich. Grafische Sammlung
7. A Living Object
"Bottle, Guitar, and Pipe" Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
8. Solids From Surfaces
"Guitar" Private Collection
"Guitar and Cup of Coffee" National Gallery of Washington, D.C. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1985
"Head of a Man with a Hat" The Museum of Modern Art, New York
