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Picasso’s preparatory drawings for this painting.
Just some of the 100 preparatory drawings Picasso did before committing himself to this final version.
It's known that Picasso would make many preparatory drawings before committing himself to a final painting. Most artists of his stature worked this way. Better to work out the problems in thumbnail sketches, rather than start the painting only to run into trouble a 3rd of the way in!
Time spent on improving the final composition you are happy with is time very well spent.