A typically impenetrable 1983 piece by Antoni Tàpies, the surreal Homenatge a Picasso overlooks busy Passeig de Picasso, on the west side of the Park de la Ciutadella – near where Picasso's family once lived. Old furniture, steel girders and pieces of sheets and ropes sit within a glass box with water trickling down its panes, surrounded by a pool of water.
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