# ID this painting (Cubist Crown of Thorns)

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**Created:** [January 20, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-painting-cubist-crown-of-thorns/828102 "2019-01-20T14:09:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-painting-cubist-crown-of-thorns/828102/1 "2019-01-20T14:09:36Z")

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Many years ago, my mother had a print of a cubist “Crown of Thorns” painting hanging up in the house, as early as around 1965. She’s gone and so is the print. I always assumed it was a famous one by Picasso or someone in his orbit; it was a dozen or so vertical stripes, red brown and black, kind of hinting at Jesus’s face, with hashmarks indicating a crown of thorns. I couldn’t find it online with the obvious search terms, so I wonder if any of the Teeming Millions are familiar with this painting from this description?

There was also one of Moses on Mt. Sinai, indicated mostly with abstract-y earth tone swirls,vaguely reminiscent of Dali. I’m assuming both of these were by famous artists, but have never run across them anywhere else.

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-painting-cubist-crown-of-thorns/828102/2 "2019-01-20T17:04:44Z")

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[Is this it?](https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Crown-of-Thorns/990873BA42546734)

Artist: William James Reed.  
mmm

ETA: Or [this](https://www.google.com/search?q=william+james+reed+crown+of+thorns&client=firefox-b-1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjDg97V6_zfAhUMWK0KHSWfDRQQ_AUIDigB&biw=1138&bih=503#imgrc=yjSPa8SZQnzCuM:). (same artist)

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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-painting-cubist-crown-of-thorns/828102/3 "2019-01-21T00:50:50Z")

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> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#):
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> [Is this it?](https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Crown-of-Thorns/990873BA42546734)
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> Artist: William James Reed.  
> mmm
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> ETA: Or [this](https://www.google.com/search?q=william+james+reed+crown+of+thorns&client=firefox-b-1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjDg97V6_zfAhUMWK0KHSWfDRQQ_AUIDigB&biw=1138&bih=503#imgrc=yjSPa8SZQnzCuM:). (same artist)

No, but the second one is very similar. Thanks!