The relation between Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and the Opening of the Fifth Seal was pinpointed in the early 1980s, when the stylistic similarities and the relationship between the motifs of both works were analysed.
Seos maalide "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" ja "Viienda pitseri avamine" vahel märgiti ära 1980-ndate alguses, kui analüüsiti kahe töö stilistilisi sarnasusi ja motiive.