A macabre dance takes place, with the dancer on the left having her head bent at a near-impossible angle.
[4] Casagemas shot himself after failing to shoot Gargallo, twenty-five years before Pichot's death, and the loss of two of his best friends spurred Picasso to paint this chilling depiction of the love triangle.
[6] Its caption at the Tate Gallery gives some insight into the background of the painting: The jagged forms of Three Dancers convey an explosion of energy.
The image is laden with Picasso's personal recollections of a triangular affair, which resulted in the heart-broken suicide of his friend Carlos Casagemas.
Composer and ukulele player Ryan Choi's debut album Three Dancers was named after the painting.