Did Apple steal the Finder icon from Pablo Picasso?

The resemblances are staggering, but I’m not an art history major. It’s pretty hard to deny that the two-face Finder icon “shares” similarities with Pablo Picasso’s Due Personaggi painting from 1932.

I’ll let you decide.

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Did Apple steal the Finder icon from Pablo Picasso?

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Did Apple steal the Finder icon from Pablo Picasso?

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Andrew Hubbs

'Steal' is completely the wrong word choice. Not everything needs to be sensationalized. 'Inspired by' or 'pay tribute to' or even 'borrowed from' would have made more sense...

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melts

I fully agree Andrew..but you're saying this in MACGASM :D

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Joshua Schnell

I disagree completely considering Jobs is on records as saying, "Good artists copy; great artists steal." Steal is his word, not ours, especially in reference to Picasso and Apple.

You can see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU

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Joshua Schnell

You might want to check out the link I just stuck in a reply to Andrew.

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Jesse McNelis

I've always assumed they did. It makes no sense otherwise.

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