Created in 1907 after hundreds of sketches and studies, "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" has been considered the first truly 20th century masterpiece, breaking with many previously held notions in art.

It was at once aggressive and abstract, distorted yet primal in its raw geometry, a new artistic language with new forms, colors, and meanings.

And these avant-garde qualities caused a sensation when the painting was first exhibited almost ten years later.