Although, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon is usually compared with Paul Cézanne’s The Large Bathers; Pablo Picasso had thought of rather Henri Matisse’s Joy of life in painting his artwork. As a cubist work it has less sensuality than The Large Bathers and Joy of Life; yet it succeeded to compete with the two for its style and genuine artistic composition. The painting shows the five figures, prostitutes from a brothel, as they are "on display" showing their "wares" for the customers. Les Demoiselles is seen as the first cubism painting for Picasso. The bodies of the women are at geometrical angles, with sharp angles to create their body parts. They give off a somewhat menacing look with a rough feminine feel.
On account of the appealing gaze
On account of the appealing gaze