One by one, the hipsters arrived, and one by one they left shaking their heads - not just at the size of Picasso's enormous canvas - but also at the magnitude of his failure.

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The painting was done on six pieces of canvas - five vertical and one horizontal - that were sewn together to reach the desired size.

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For example, the iPad offers a beautiful canvas for reading books, but the size and heft discourage the traditional curling-up with a page-turner.

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