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A group of three men, two children, and one woman gather in an empty, dusky rose-pink landscape under a blue, cloudy sky in this nearly square painting. Most of the people have muted, peachy skin, and the woman and the youngest boy have cream-white skin. The woman sits on the ground to our right, apart from the rest of the men and children. She wears a coral-red skirt, a beige shawl, and straw hat, and she looks into the distance to our right. The others stand in a loose semi-circle on the left half of the composition. A man wearing a multicolored, diamond-patterned costume stands with his back to us to the left. He looks to our right in profile and holds the hand of a little girl who also stands with her back to us. She wears a pink dress and white stockings, and her right hand rests on the tall handle of a white basket. A portly man wearing a scarlet-red jester’s costume and pointed hat stands opposite this pair, facing us to our right. Next to him to our right a young man wears a tan-colored leotard with a black bottom. He holds a barrel over his right shoulder and looks over to our right. The sixth person is the youngest boy, who wears a baggy blue and red outfit, and he looks toward the woman. The eyes of all the figures are deeply shadowed.

Pablo Picasso

Family of Saltimbanques, 1905

East Building, Mezzanine — Gallery 217-C

卖艺人家

毕加索

这幅《卖艺人家》是毕加索早期创作生涯的最重要作品。对于毕加索来说，这些四处流浪的卖艺人，包括杂技演员、舞蹈演员和小丑，代表了被忽视的、忧郁的底层艺术家群体，就像是一个让他觉得有归属感的大家庭。出生于西班牙的毕加索在来到巴黎后的最初几年中也是一贫如洗，不得不竭尽所能寻求大家的认可，就像画中人的境遇一样。画面的最左侧是一个沉思中的小丑，他身穿菱形图案戏服，从面容上看，俨然就是肤色黝黑、紧张局促的年轻毕加索。

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NARRATOR:

从 1904 年年底到 1906 年年初，巴布洛·毕加索的画中一个反复出现的主题就是杂技演员，也就是巡回演出的马戏团杂耍人或杂技员。现代艺术策展人和负责人哈里·库珀表示，毕加索与主题产生共鸣，以至于把自己放入画中。

HARRY COOPER:

左边是一幅自画像，一位高高的年轻人站在那里。许多前卫的艺术家对这样的团体具有认同感，他们是社会的边缘人，生活在巴黎市郊，却随着巴黎不断开发扩张而被节节逼退，所以风景本身反映了他们居无定所的现况。

NARRATOR:

油画名称表明这群表演者是一家人。但他们彼此之间显得毫不关心。

HARRY COOPER:

人人双眼阴影重重。他们的眼神看着不同的方向。每个人的脸庞都是面无表情。但我认为具有叙事性的是他们的动作，他们彼此身体之间几乎毫无联系。他们的手脚几乎比传统讲述故事的方式更为重要。

NARRATOR:

毕加索多次重画这个作品，加入人物和更改构图。在整幅画中，他的绘画风格变化极大。

HARRY COOPER:

背景最有表现力，尤其是天空，是这幅画中最抽象的部分。画家以轻描淡写的方式完成了这个部分，至少在呈现在我们眼前的这一层上色是这样的。有其他节段颜料比较厚重，明显重新画过。画中无任何连贯统一的手法，这是令这幅画如此有趣和激进的地方之一。

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