Glue Residue

During the 1924 relining, animal glue was used to adhere a second canvas to the original canvas. Some glue residue remains on the surface of the painting, mostly in crevices near the raised impasto.

Pictured above:
Pablo Picasso. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. 1907. Oil on canvas, 8' x 7' 8" (243.9 x 233.7 cm). Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest. © 2003 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York