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"description": "The diamond-patterned costume and triangular hat identify the musician in this painting as one of Pablo Picasso\u2019s alter egos, Harlequin, a jokester from the popular commedia dell\u2019arte (a theatrical form in which a cast of colorful stock characters spoke in improvised dialogue).The phrase Si tu veux (\u201cIf you wish\u201d) on the music sheet may refer to a contemporary popular song that began, \"If you wish, Marguerite, make me happy by giving me your heart.\u201d The inclusion of this lyric may refer to Picasso\u2019s marriage to Russian ballerina Olga Khokhlova the year this painting was made.",
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"citation": "Richardson, John. Picasso: an American Tribute. [Exhibition] April 25-May 12, 1962. New York, NY: Public Education Association, in cooperation with Chanticleer Press, 1962.",
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"citation": "Henning, Edward B. \u201cTwo New Cubist Paintings by Juan Gris and Pablo Picasso.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 2 (February 1981): 39\u201350.",
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"citation": "Borowitz, Helen O. \u201cThree Guitars: Reflections of Italian Comedy in Watteau, Daumier, and Picasso.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 71, no. 4 (April 1984): 116\u201329.",
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"citation": "Shields, Chris. \"A New Model.\" Art & Antiques, (Nov. 2016): 70-77.",
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