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168 168 New Artists Artworklevel Analysis A unique feature of TheArtStory Les Demoiselles dAvignon In both content and execution this painting shocked the art world and Picassos close friends. Although nude women as subjects were not unusual blatantly portraying prostitutes in aggressively sexual postures was extraordinary. Picassos studies of tribal art are most evident in the masklike rendered faces imagery that suggests their sexuality as being not just aggressive but primitive. Picasso radically took his experimentation with space to another level in this work.